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Beefy said:
Well, I think you're cool anyway. Certainly there's a lot of personality clashes here, and I'm guilty of bomb throwing as well, but I tend to think that there are some great nuggets of wisdom available here periodically.

Its nameless, faceless discussion for the most part, and perhaps that why it can become so impersonal and volitile. But its also why its fun.
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Thanks, there's good reasons my friend made you mod. I wish I felt comfortable here, but just don't. It's me, not you or members. Carry on.
 
Runyon said:
Thanks, there's good reasons my friend made you mod. I wish I felt comfortable here, but just don't. It's me, not you or members. Carry on.
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Well, you have the best avatar anyhow (I liked the cartoon lady also).

For what its worth, I read all of your posts. Anyhow. Carry on as well.
 
Watermark said:
Why would I miss you the least?
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LOL! Seriously, not going to be an issue, regardless of grammar. This is a great site, I'm really in a quandry of why I've never felt comfortable. But all enjoy! One thing I do know, the site needs more than one conservative at a time, certainly one wiling to 'fight', I wasn't.
 
Runyon said:
LOL! Seriously, not going to be an issue, regardless of grammar. This is a great site, I'm really in a quandry of why I've never felt comfortable. But all enjoy! One thing I do know, the site needs more than one conservative at a time, certainly one wiling to 'fight', I wasn't.
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Well, me either. Just lurk for a bit.
 
OrnotBitwise said:
Any valid logical argument can be parsed out formally. That doesn't mean you, personally, necessarily have to but any argument that can't be isn't valid.

If you, personally, really can't make formal logic work for you -- and I'm skeptical but never didactic ;) -- that's simply a handicap. It means you can't test your arguments for yourself. That, in turn, just means you have to be a better listener than most, I suppose.

I've known many people who have an innate sense of what's logically valid and what's not without the ability to parse a syllogism. Such a thing can trip you up badly but it can also be trained up by exercise.

In practice, most politicians and pundits don't make arguments that are logically fallacious so much as they play fast and loose with their premises. Even a rock solid foundation in logic -- such as Trog and AnyOldIron have, for example -- can't help you if you fall into a convincing con artist's shaky assumptions.
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I admit I have to really think about what's being said and try and work out real meanings.
 
Now just one thing you blokes, I don't mind a bit of thread drift, been known to do it myself. But this thread is all about goading ME so if you don't mind, can we get back to the goading?

I mean really, someone is kind enough to start a thread to have a go at me and suddenly the Edwin Hawkins Singers butt in with bloody Kumbaya. Can't we get a decent blue going here? :clink:
 
Ah nothing, thought so.

"Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities." Dunsany
 
Runyon said:
LOL! Seriously, not going to be an issue, regardless of grammar. This is a great site, I'm really in a quandry of why I've never felt comfortable. But all enjoy! One thing I do know, the site needs more than one conservative at a time, certainly one wiling to 'fight', I wasn't.
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This is truly a bummer. Really sad. Runyon, I wish you would reconsider.
 
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