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Candide · 01-28-2004, 03:24 PM

Sixate - This will be my only post on this thread, but I'd like it very much if you would consider what I write.

The strength of the TFP, and indeed of all free societies, is the unrestricted, well-considered exchange of information and opinion. Pretty much all other virtues flow from this.

Opinion without fact is, well, "sound and fury signifying nothing." I have read your posts and replies and I find the quote above applies quite well to what you write.

The strength of your opinions is not tempered by a willingness to consider alternate points of view - this renders your defence of your opinions worthless. For if you cannot admit the falsifiability of your theories, the theories cannot therefore be proveable.

Even when someone presents logic or facts that contradict your world view, you either change the terms of debate or simply gainsay the other persons' points.

"Is too!," "Is not!" is hardly dialectic.

Please point out a single instance where you admit on any thread that your post was mistaken or ill-informed - I would truly love to be proven wrong about your rhetoric.

Respectfully (and sorry for the mini-threadjack),
Candide.

01-28-2004, 03:24 PM	#68 (permalink)
Candide Upright Location: Calgary, Alberta	Sixate - This will be my only post on this thread, but I'd like it very much if you would consider what I write. The strength of the TFP, and indeed of all free societies, is the unrestricted, well-considered exchange of information and opinion. Pretty much all other virtues flow from this. Opinion without fact is, well, "sound and fury signifying nothing." I have read your posts and replies and I find the quote above applies quite well to what you write. The strength of your opinions is not tempered by a willingness to consider alternate points of view - this renders your defence of your opinions worthless. For if you cannot admit the falsifiability of your theories, the theories cannot therefore be proveable. Even when someone presents logic or facts that contradict your world view, you either change the terms of debate or simply gainsay the other persons' points. "Is too!," "Is not!" is hardly dialectic. Please point out a single instance where you admit on any thread that your post was mistaken or ill-informed - I would truly love to be proven wrong about your rhetoric. Respectfully (and sorry for the mini-threadjack), Candide. Last edited by Candide; 01-28-2004 at 03:31 PM..