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Originally Posted by dar512
Cat - asking for opinions and then abusing people over the answers is not polite nor will it help you learn anything.
Did your original post really mean to say "I think people are stupid for having children and I would like to elaborate using you all as examples"? If so, then you should have been more clear.
Are you considering children? If not, what made you post this particular question?
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I'm not polite, because politeness is false. If someone is right, I will acknowledge it. If they've quite clearly got their head in a muddle, I will say so. Wouldn't you rather someone respected you enough to bother correcting you when you're wrong and listening when you're right, rather than appeasing you with politeness?
I do try to provoke people, because usually this is when you get a true response. Of course, there's the odd softy who takes it the wrong way, but then I won't learn anything from them anyway. As Clod has demonstrated, it is quite possible to respond objectively to my "abuse" if there is a genuine point to be made.
See last post, last paragraph, for my reason for posting.