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Assassin · 10-17-2004, 03:21 PM

You won't ever really understand what the person is saying, because the words will be different for everyone else in a controversial topic. Therefore, what you post has to be of your own opinion. Will that opinion be skewed? Of course it will. But how else are we supposed to repond to a message? Occasionally, if we perceive a person to be wrong, then we should correct them. Why not?

Yes, we can disagree in a polite fashion. Nothing wrong with that. But it only takes one person's perception of a remark to be uncalled for in order for the whole mess to come up. And in an arguement, such things often come up.

Doing the 'post like you would speak in real life' is also, in my opinion, impossible. Nowadays, on whatever forum I visit, I have to layer my posts with IMO, IIRC, IMHO, AFAIK, and so on. Because there's always something that's going to be wrong. And unfortunately, that person almost always points out that mistake in the rudest way possible. Would you speak like that in real life? I certainly don't say 'In my opinion', because I'm bloody well saying it. It's my opinion.

There's also the very touchy situation of arguing about firmly held beliefs. There's nothing worse on the internet than arguing with someone who has firmly held beliefs. Both sides feel passionately about that topic, so they naturally respond in a very heated manner. And when one side starts it, the other side's gotta retaliate.

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10-17-2004, 03:21 PM	#5
Assassin Symbol of Cyric Join Date: March 23, 2003 Location: Canada Age: 37 Posts: 1,134	You won't ever really understand what the person is saying, because the words will be different for everyone else in a controversial topic. Therefore, what you post has to be of your own opinion. Will that opinion be skewed? Of course it will. But how else are we supposed to repond to a message? Occasionally, if we perceive a person to be wrong, then we should correct them. Why not? Yes, we can disagree in a polite fashion. Nothing wrong with that. But it only takes one person's perception of a remark to be uncalled for in order for the whole mess to come up. And in an arguement, such things often come up. Doing the 'post like you would speak in real life' is also, in my opinion, impossible. Nowadays, on whatever forum I visit, I have to layer my posts with IMO, IIRC, IMHO, AFAIK, and so on. Because there's always something that's going to be wrong. And unfortunately, that person almost always points out that mistake in the rudest way possible. Would you speak like that in real life? I certainly don't say 'In my opinion', because I'm bloody well saying it. It's my opinion. There's also the very touchy situation of arguing about firmly held beliefs. There's nothing worse on the internet than arguing with someone who has firmly held beliefs. Both sides feel passionately about that topic, so they naturally respond in a very heated manner. And when one side starts it, the other side's gotta retaliate. [ 10-17-2004, 03:25 PM: Message edited by: Assassin ] __________________ In The Terminator, Sarah Connor is told a speech by John Connor\'s father that John has given in the future. When John is born, Sarah tells John this speech, and John grows up to tell it in the future. So who wrote the speech?!