Posted: 2/17/2004 5:30:31 PM EDT
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How come LEO threads get locked? How come threads about race get locked? How come when someone starts a controversial thread, there are several IBTL's before there is an intelligent response? Someone asks a perfectly valid question, and someone has to come in and mess it up. In threads that have to do with race, someone always has to jump in and write in his phonetically spelled ebonics without making any point relevant to the discussion. Or in police threads, somebody has to talk about killing pigs because they were mistreated by a cop. It is immature and simple minded to think for even a second that you have an articulable argument when you take that stance. This is why we are losing our rights. It seems to me more and more that we are guilty of the same things that we accuse our enemies of. We accuse them of feeling instead of thinking. What do we do? The same thing. If one cannot communicate effectively, he will not be taken seriously. I'd write more, but I'm insanely exhausted, and I've already stated my point poorly enough. So, you guys take it away, and hopefully I'll be able to articulate myself a little better tomorrow. Oh, and please keep it civil. |
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You didn't state it poorly. You did quite well. Never underestimate the power of a rational, reasoned arguement. The gun controllers did, and look where it got them. The Democrats did, and look where it got them. But you have to be thinking rationally and reasonably, first. |
| As much as people complain about mods banning people, I'd rather see them ban people than lock threads on regular discussions. If you can't be civil in a debate, or just want to be an idiot, action should be taken against the idiot, not the other people who were trying to engage in conversation on a thread. Don't punish everyone else because someone couldn't behave. |
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Quoted: As much as people complain about mods banning people, I'd rather see them ban people than lock threads on regular discussions. If you can't be civil in a debate, or just want to be an idiot, action should be taken against the idiot, not the other people who were trying to engage in conversation on a thread. Don't punish everyone else because someone couldn't behave. What you refer to is called group therapy. |