TomAiello 26 #1 July 13, 2005 ...if SC shouldn't be split into the "I want to argue" forum and the "I'm interested in thinking and learning" forum.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #2 July 13, 2005 Quote...if SC shouldn't be split into the "I want to argue" forum and the "I'm interested in thinking and learning" forum. I totally second your motion. "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sundevil777 102 #3 July 13, 2005 Some of the "I want to argue" posters would be happy if there was a type of post where nobody can reply.People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #4 July 13, 2005 I want to bitch and learn at the same time, so leave it alone. . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erroll 80 #5 July 13, 2005 Quote...if SC shouldn't be split into the "I want to argue" forum and the "I'm interested in thinking and learning" forum. I agree wholeheartedly. As a 'foreigner' I thoroughly enjoy the well thought-out, eloquent discussions by several of the regular protagonists. I find these interesting, educational and enlightening. However, there are those that will always turn any debate into you-would-have-been-speaking-german-now, my-god-is-better-than-your-god, you-said-i-said, semantic pissing contests. At least one learns to be a discerning reader. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EBSB52 0 #6 July 13, 2005 Quote...if SC shouldn't be split into the "I want to argue" forum and the "I'm interested in thinking and learning" forum. So lecture hour... or???? We all learn by discussing, arguing, and hopefully not quarreling. Are you saying that if we disagree with your ideologies then we are just arguing? BTW, aruments are constructive discussions, not to be confused with quarreling. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sundevil777 102 #7 July 13, 2005 Man: Is this the right room for an argument? Other Man: I've told you once. Man: No you haven't! Other Man: Yes I have. M: When? O: Just now. M: No you didn't! O: Yes I did! M: You didn't! O: I did! M: You didn't! O: I'm telling you, I did! M: You didn't! O: Oh I'm sorry, is this a five minute argument, or the full half hour? M: Ah! Just the five minutes. O: Just the five minutes. Thank you. ....Anyway, I did. M: You most certainly did not! O: Now let's get one thing perfectly clear: I most definitely told you! M: Oh no you didn't! O: Oh yes I did! ___ M: Oh no you didn't! O: Oh yes I did! M: Oh no you didn't! O: Oh yes I did! M: Oh no you didn't! O: Oh yes I did! M: Oh no you didn't! O: Oh yes I did! M: Oh no you didn't! O: Oh yes I did! M: No you DIDN'T! O: Oh yes I did! M: No you DIDN'T! O: Oh yes I did! M: No you DIDN'T! O: Oh yes I did! M: Oh look, this isn't an argument! O: Yes it is! M: No it isn't! M: It's just contradiction! O: No it isn't! M: It IS! O: It is NOT! M: You just contradicted me! O: No I didn't! M: You DID! O: No no no! M: You did just then! O: Nonsense! M: (exasperated) Oh, this is futile!! O: No it isn't! M: Yes it is! I came here for a good argument! O: AH, no you didn't, you came here for an *argument*! M: An argument isn't just contradiction. O: Well! it CAN be! M: No it can't! An argument is a connected series of statement intended to establish a proposition. O: No it isn't! M: Yes it is! 'tisn't just contradiction. O: Look, if I *argue* with you, I must take up a contrary position! M: Yes but it isn't just saying "no it isn't". O: Yes it is! M: No it isn't! O: Yes it is! M: No it isn't! O: Yes it is! M: No it ISN'T! Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of anything the other person says. O: It is NOT! M: It is! O: Not at all! M: It is! O: Thank you, that's it. M: (What? O: That's it. Good morning. M: But I was just getting interested! O: I'm sorry, the five minutes is up. M: That was never five minutes!! O: I'm afraid it was. M: No it wasn't..... O: I'm sorry, I'm not allowed to argue any more. M: WHAT?? O: If you want me to go on arguing, you'll have to pay for another five minutes. M: But that was never five minutes just now! (p Oh Come on! ....Oh this is... This is ridiculous! O: I told you... I told you, I'm not allowed to argue unless you PAY! M: Oh all right. There you are. O: Thank you. M: Well... O: Well WHAT? M: That was never five minutes just now. O: I told you, I'm not allowed to argue unless you've paid! M: Well I just paid! O: No you didn't! M: I DID!!! O: YOU didn't! M: I DID!!! O: YOU didn't! M: I DID!!! O: YOU didn't! M: I DID!!! O: YOU didn't! M: I don't want to argue about it! O: Well I'm very sorry but you didn't pay! M: Ah HAH!! Well if I didn't pay, why are you arguing??? Ah HAAAAAAHHH! ...Gotcha! O: No you haven't! M: Yes I have! .... If you're arguing, I must have paid. O: Not necessarily. I *could* be arguing in my spare time.People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,563 #8 July 13, 2005 Quote...if SC shouldn't be split into the "I want to argue" forum and the "I'm interested in thinking and learning" forum. Hey! If you don't like speakers corner why don't you just leave! I'll give you $500 dollars and a visa for you to join those flag burning liberal nancy boys in the bonfire- speakers corner, love it or leave it! Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #9 July 13, 2005 Quote...if SC shouldn't be split into the "I want to argue" forum and the "I'm interested in thinking and learning" forum. You assume that there are some people out here who actually think and learn.....you're a bad, bad boy....My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallRate 0 #10 July 13, 2005 It can get quite heated in SC...still, it's a bit more civilized than the BASE Forum. FallRate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #11 July 13, 2005 Quote...if SC shouldn't be split into the "I want to argue" forum and the "I'm interested in thinking and learning" forum. Seeing as it is labeled "A Soap Box in Cyber Space," I don't think it was ever intended to be an "I'm interested in thinking and learning" forum. I am interested in thinking and learning, but SC is not where I tend to go for those things... (though on the rare occasion, I do actually learn something on here). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EBSB52 0 #12 July 13, 2005 QuoteQuote...if SC shouldn't be split into the "I want to argue" forum and the "I'm interested in thinking and learning" forum. Hey! If you don't like speakers corner why don't you just leave! I'll give you $500 dollars and a visa for you to join those flag burning liberal nancy boys in the bonfire- speakers corner, love it or leave it! Bahahahhhhhhahahahahahaha... that is funny shit. Don't forget to give him cyber transportation to the BF!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EBSB52 0 #13 July 13, 2005 QuoteIt can get quite heated in SC...still, it's a bit more civilized than the BASE Forum. FallRate No shit Pardon the fuck out of me for post a jump site w/o knowing you weren't supposed to. The more I get to know base jumpers the more they seem like Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #14 July 13, 2005 QuotePardon the fuck out of me for post a jump site w/o knowing you weren't supposed to. There is a large bold faced link at the top of every page in the BASE forum which explains that at length. It's pretty silly to argue that you didn't know about it.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,070 #15 July 13, 2005 >...if SC shouldn't be split into the "I want to argue" forum and > the "I'm interested in thinking and learning" forum. If we did that, most people would post in the "thinking and learning" forum, and tell everyone that replied to them "why don't you post in the 'I want to argue' forum because that's all you want to do!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #16 July 13, 2005 QuoteIf we did that, most people would post in the "thinking and learning" forum, and tell everyone that replied to them "why don't you post in the 'I want to argue' forum because that's all you want to do!" Then argue about the comment. Personally I learn things from here and have had my opinion changed on a number of things because of discussions I've been involved with. I make quite a few posts endeavoring to keep things civil and diffuse arguments. I've found myself getting drawn into a conversation simply because I'm trying to convince two warring parties that they're both actually saying the same thing and yet are still yelling at each other (something that's oddly common on here). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #17 July 13, 2005 I thought Frenchy already had his own forum ???We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EBSB52 0 #18 July 13, 2005 QuoteQuotePardon the fuck out of me for post a jump site w/o knowing you weren't supposed to. There is a large bold faced link at the top of every page in the BASE forum which explains that at length. It's pretty silly to argue that you didn't know about it. Right and I posted it in the Incident's forum not knowing it would spark WWIII. I don't have an issue with the policy, just didn't know and leave it to our basers to be polite (not). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #19 July 13, 2005 Quote...if SC shouldn't be split into the "I want to argue" forum and the "I'm interested in thinking and learning" forum. It's called SPEAKERS Corner (I think an apostrophe is missing), not Listeners' corner or Learners' Corner... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #20 July 13, 2005 QuoteQuote...if SC shouldn't be split into the "I want to argue" forum and the "I'm interested in thinking and learning" forum. It's called SPEAKERS Corner (I think an apostrophe is missing), not Listeners' corner or Learners' Corner I think they should have called it "The Pig Pen." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdfreefly 1 #21 July 13, 2005 Quote...if SC shouldn't be split into the "I want to argue" forum and the "I'm interested in thinking and learning" forum. I completely 100% disagree. That is the stupidest idea ever. How can an educated person think that is even remotely this side of ludicrous? Methane Freefly - got stink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #22 July 13, 2005 QuoteI think they should have called it "The Pig Pen." You'd laugh if you heard all the names that were suggested when this forum was created. Personally, I voted for "the Trash Can."-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EBSB52 0 #23 July 14, 2005 QuoteQuote...if SC shouldn't be split into the "I want to argue" forum and the "I'm interested in thinking and learning" forum. I completely 100% disagree. That is the stupidest idea ever. How can an educated person think that is even remotely this side of ludicrous? It's not really an idea, he was just posing it to say how stupid other people are, while others aren't. I likethe exchange of ideas and I've learned from other - others have learned from me but prolly wouldn't admit to it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EBSB52 0 #24 July 14, 2005 QuoteQuoteI think they should have called it "The Pig Pen." You'd laugh if you heard all the names that were suggested when this forum was created. Personally, I voted for "the Trash Can." Most forums have that and let whatever happens go. Sometimes it's better to have a place for people to 'let their hair down,' it keeps the rest of the forum cleaner. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
