Critical Reading vs Critical Thinking.
 

http://www.criticalreading.com/criti...g_thinking.htm


I've been thinking alot about what it means to be a 'critical thinker' One of the reason I enjoy this site so much is because many of the old timers seem to have a knack for critical thinking. That in itself brings an enormous amount of enjoyment for the reader. I like ideas being volleyed back and forth. What I do not like are trolls masquerading as a brain. Trolls who by posting condecending remarks think it equals smarts. Whos main aim is not to have a discussion of merit but to spark arguments and knee jerk reactions.

I prepose these people are trolls and are testing this site and should be banned. What are the parameters for knowing 'when exactly a person is testing this site?'

Please outline and define the meaning of :

a) testing this site






-------------------------------------------THE CELLAR RULES


There are only three RULES of the Cellar.

1. Do not try to break the law using the Cellar.
2. Do not try to break the Cellar.
3. Do not be "intolerably irritating".

The meaning of that last item is of course open to interpretation. But basically, if you are a troll, attention whore, moron, spammer, single-issue hammer, or otherwise want to hurt or "test" this community, you WILL be removed and banned.
If you post a link on your first post, expect your message to disappear, and your account to be banned. If you post a message that looks like a pitch in any way, expect your message to disappear. If you post a "real" message on your first post, and a pitch message on your second, expect both messages to disappear. We are extremely effective at this, and we are paying attention.

May I ask why you are hung up on the rules all of a sudden?

This thread belongs in Cellar Meta
(Users, threads, etiquette, posting, usage, forums, why this place matters or doesn't)

Does posting it here indicate a desire "to have a discussion of merit" or simply "to spark argument"
. . . and should <cleverly mentioning you without posting your name> be banned for posting it here?

I haven't noticed anyone on the board recently who would fall into conflict with any of the Cellar rules. I admit that I don't check the food and entertainment section very often but I don't think those are area's that would draw rule-breakers.

<person 1>: I like this band.
<spammer>: They suck more than anything else in existance has ever sucked before. You are a complete moron for ever liking them.

Not a likely senario, nor one that warrents much of a response.

Could happen, but hardly reason for banning.:2cents:

'Chop off their heads' said the Queen to Alice .

What?? No she didn't... what are you trying to say, and why are you butchering Lewis Carroll?

`And who are THESE?' said the Queen, pointing to the three
gardeners who were lying round the rosetree; for, you see, as
they were lying on their faces, and the pattern on their backs
was the same as the rest of the pack, she could not tell whether
they were gardeners, or soldiers, or courtiers, or three of her
own children.
`How should I know?' said Alice, surprised at her own courage.
`It's no business of MINE.'
The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her
for a moment like a wild beast, screamed `Off with her head!
Off--'

UhOh:redface:



:p

Sorry about the slopppy quotes , jinx and Bluesky . You are right . It's just that I'm late I'm late I'm late for a very important date .

So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could,
for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether
the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble
of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White
Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
There was nothing so VERY remarkable in that; nor did Alice
think it so VERY much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to
itself, `Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' (when she thought
it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have
wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural);
but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS
WAISTCOATPOCKET,
and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to
her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never
before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to
take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the
field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop
down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.

( En passant , I was born in the town where Lewis Carroll aka the Rev Charles Dodgson sought his inspiration for Alice in Wonderland . Llandudno , in Wales . I hate that rabbit statue on the West Shore . May it continue to be covered in vulgar graffitti . Whilst on the subject of Dodgson , one should not forget his somewhat dodgy photos of little girls , which tend to verge upon paedophilia . Most unpleasant . )

I take it the cage is to minimize the "vulgar graffiti" ?

Excellent , BlueSky !

( as you can see , there is a market for spray-paint in North Wales )

Why?

BTW, at least one web site said the statue has since been removed.