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First, here's a selection phrases for general consumption to deal with all
the apparent "e-strife." The best rhetoric always boils down. Pick one and
repeat often.
Get over it. - Aristotle
Now, children. - Kant
What's the bottom line here? - Hiedegger
If you can't run with the big dogs, don't get off the porch. - Miles
Don't you have a job that pays? - Ike
Why are you so frustrated? - Freud
Put up or shut up. - Gadamer
THE DIALOGUE
**Plato
>>Whomever
** If you disagree with me, prove me wrong.
Why? Do I have too?
** Cite a million articles that prove me wrong. Just be prepared to be
challenged.
>>In what way, empirically, spiritually, or metaphysically?
** That is how rhetoric works. I assert,you challenge, I defend, you
counter, we all learn.
>>Right? However, you say.
** Calling me names and saying I am "reckless" only shows knee-jerk
reactionism to
the issue and does NOTHING to further the ideas. More than one person has
been
thrown off this list for attacking me personally.
>>Agreed, this kind of thing is useless.
**JUST BECAUSE A PERSON HAS A CONTROVERSIAL IDEA DOES NOT MEAN YOU GET THE
UNFETTERED RIGHT TO ATTACK THAT PERSON. I have thick and can stand people
calling me names. But I get the same protection under the list rules as
everybody else.
>>Agreed, this kind of thing is useless.
**Yes, I am prone to hyperbole, exaggeration, and grandiose platitudes.
Demonstrate your technical communications prowess and use those weaknesses
to
prove me wrong. I will concede my weaknesses quickly and look for common
ground.
>>Never allow the opponent to define the struggle before it starts.
**You are a fine rhetorician.
>>Yes
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