File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_2003/anarchy-list.0303, message 395


Subject: Re: More senseless Frog bashing
From: John Anderson <panic-AT-semiosix.com>
Date: 13 Mar 2003 09:43:26 +0200


On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 02:31, danceswithcarp wrote:
> At 11:17 PM 3/12/2003 +0200, John Anderson wrote:
> 
> >Why is it necessary to save face? And why must one always stick to the
> >original position? That's implicitly denying that things change. Which
> >they manifestly do.
> 
> Changing positions in the midst of a net debate just makes the sharks 
> hungry.

There are no sharks on the net. Only your fear of sharks.

> >So if folks are learning and refining, what exactly is it that stops
> >them from showing that? Fear of what? Being seen to be the first to show
> >the white flag? Gasp.
> 
> Yulp.

Gr3g can admit he's wrong. What's stopping you?

> >What is that keeps two otherwise intelligent people who are both
> >subscribed to an *anarchy* list, ferfucksake, slugging at each other
> >over who said what to whom? Sheesh.
> 
> Because Dave is an asshole

Even if he is an arsehole (which is a debate I'm not going to get into)
I have serious doubts that you're going to prove that to him. He's
logical and his defences are damn near watertight. Which is not nearly
as much of a good thing as it sounds when I say it like that.

> and it's important that he understands this.

I'm sure there's something more than altruism in your actions...

> >The only solution is to get married. Hopefully Dave is a polygamist ;-)
> 
> I wouldn't touch him with goat's pecker.

But you will argue with him? Carp, you slut ;-)

bye
John



   

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