On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:12 PM, JD Austin <j...@twingeckos.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 22:03, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeid...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> There is no more brainless fatalistic stupidity than this. Alex said >> something similar before : "Nobody ever convinced anyone of anything by >> arguing via email." If that is true, then why even participate here? Again >> you're trying to rationalize the fact that you cannot deal with being >> exposed to certain information and viewpoints. When someone encounters >> something new that actually challenges their world view, first they reject >> it as 'noise', then they argue and reason with it, then they accept it. >> >> The issue of illegal aliens is very real and at this point in time, >> there is no ignoring it. >> >> -jmz >> > > My point is this: If your goal is to persuade people to accept something > they obviously don't agree to then how you present your argument is as > important as your argument itself. Usually there are points that both > sides can agree to such as what you just said: The issue of illegal > aliens is very real and at this point in time, there is no ignoring it. > > There are some people that can never be persuaded to accept the truth when > there is only one truth and others that can't see that there are two sides. > It is a waste of time after a certain point to try to change their mind > further and pressing on just makes it worse. Wouldn't you agree? > > > well thats the risk you take when you participate in a discussion... if you have absolutely no connection to your audience they are going to reject. Waste of time. I don't see anyone doing automated spamming, just some people who want to blow everything out of proportion whenever they encounter an opinion they can't deal with. -jmz
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