--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Ann's turn to PLONK. Simply amazing! > > from google dictionary > > de·bate > /diËbÄt/ > Noun > A formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or > legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. > > Verb > Argue about (a subject), esp. in a formal manner. > > Synonyms > noun. discussion - dispute - argument - disputation > verb. dispute - discuss - argue - deliberate - canvass
It does no good to point out to compulsive arguers that they're compulsive arguers, Share. They're not really human beings; they're just EGOs trying to assert themselves and (in their minds, at least) "win" some imaginary battle that is going on only inside their heads. Isn't it fascinating that the SAME people who could not see that Robin's behavior *had never changed* from the Bad Old Days we've read about and the Equally Bad New Days on FFL are the people who *act just like him*? That is, they all seem to live for *confrontation*, for luring (or badgering, or insulting, or slander- ing) people into one-on-one "battles" with them. I honestly believe that for many of these people, the ones who have been doing it the longest, that the goal is no longer to "win," and assert their opinions or their POVs as "better" or "more true." They're "in it" for the battles themselves. What their EGOs *get off on* is that direct battle with other EGOs. I've stated my opinion on this many times, and I know that there are a few here who share it, and find this description of what Internet chat groups are all about (a place to "do battle," and argue incessantly about things that only EGOs could possibly care about) is rather sad, and kinda misses the point. I don't understand the motivations that such people have to turn *everything* into some kind of imaginary "battle" that they think they can "win." But then, my EGO isn't terribly attached to the opinions I post from time to time. They're JUST opinions. WHY on earth should I get involved in "defending" them or arguing about them? It seems to me that a much better use of my time and my energy is to just *present* opinions, and leave the "debating" of them to those who are attached to their own opinions.
