Ignoring posts that have little value to you is the ideal, Slip.
In the years this list has been around, we've watched people come and go, some
more insightful than others. Each of us over time will find regular posters
whose contributions hold much value. Conversely, we'll find others whose posts
hold little for us.
Engage with the ones whom you are able to construct positive discourse, even if
that discourse is argumentative. If you feel there's absolutely no value to it,
pass over it. Your posts are often of value to me, which is why I've often
engaged with you. However, don't presume that a post has no value for anyone,
and put that message out there on list.
Despite the friction we've encountered this last week or so, I truly believe
that this list is unique on the web in the quality of discourse, and its
participants. You are truly the greatest group of conversationalists I've had
the pleasure of engaging with in this fashion. It can be frustrating sometimes
to have these communication issues, but only in comparison to the heights of
understanding I've seen achieved here.
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I've thought about the ad hom issue as Chris put it, attack the idea
not the person, this I have to say is something that I have attempted
dozens of times, problem being that there really isn't any idea, just
a continuation of a daydream that Tinker want's to keep pushing
around. As of yet I haven't seen anyone else latch on to this Tinker
idea and run with it while building a formidable thread in the
process.
So for ad hom I would actually have to have a viable idea to attack,
which I don't so therefore it follows that I should attack the person
who is continually pushing the non-idea and exposing it as the
nonsense it is. Unfortunately that didn't go well and has caused this
big tink stink. Secondary to that is the fact that I will have to at
this point totally ignore all such posts and posters. I still don't
see anything worthwhile coming from the tink, a review of posts will
show that disruption is the prevailing wind.
On Aug 8, 3:03 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 8 Aug., 00:50, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > It seems to me that you are presenting the Idea that it is OK for one
> > who is intellectually superior to ad hominem subversively when they
> > cannot refute the ideas of the one they would be attacking with the
> > intellectual superiority.
>
> 1.) The idea of intellectual superiority vs. inferiority sees to be an
> issue for you, Tinker. What is your understanding of the term
> "intellectual superiority"?
>
> 2.) "... to ad hominen ... when they cannot refute ... " It doesn't
> have to be an "either/or" thing, it can also be an "and/as well as"!
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