Debate or argument?

HungLikeJesus · 05-25-2007, 06:09 PM

I would propose to discuss the relative merits of a debate versus an argument.

Whether it's climate change, religion, politics, guns, or ice cream, if your point is to make a point, you should be debating.

If you're trying to educate others, you should be debating.

If your goal is the manufacture and dissemination of misinformation, you should be debating.

If you want to show how smart you are, you should be debating.

If your desire is to humiliate, subjugate or dominate others, or raise your own blood pressure, or increase the level of tension and dissatisfaction in the Cellar - or in the world; if you want to show how ignorant you are, or generally cast yourself in a bad light - then you should be arguing.

In the Cellar - as in the world - I see too much arguing and not enough debating.

What would you like to see?

View Poll Results: Would you like to see more or less argument and debate in the Cellar?
More argument, less debate	0	0%
More debate, less argument	16	55.17%
More of both	3	10.34%
Less of both	3	10.34%
Things are fine as they are	4	13.79%
I still don't understand the difference	0	0%
I refuse to respond to another $#%#$ poll!	3	10.34%
Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll

05-25-2007, 06:09 PM	#1
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Debate or argument? I would propose to discuss the relative merits of a debate versus an argument. Whether it's climate change, religion, politics, guns, or ice cream, if your point is to make a point, you should be debating. If you're trying to educate others, you should be debating. If your goal is the manufacture and dissemination of misinformation, you should be debating. If you want to show how smart you are, you should be debating. If your desire is to humiliate, subjugate or dominate others, or raise your own blood pressure, or increase the level of tension and dissatisfaction in the Cellar - or in the world; if you want to show how ignorant you are, or generally cast yourself in a bad light - then you should be arguing. In the Cellar - as in the world - I see too much arguing and not enough debating. What would you like to see? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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