05-24-2003, 04:11 AM
Trying to prune a jungle of circular pratter with rhetoric almost never works on a forum.
- Most words in English have multiple defintions. So unless the babbler makes a giant gaff, they can easily duck under the cover of an alternate meaning.
- The babbler probably doesnt understand what he/she wrote himself so that chances of him understanding your arguement are slim.
- The dodge. If the jungle planter does understand what hes writing, he will shift the thread by making a vague attack on your post.
-Elitist insult response. If the agruement does become untenable(gennerally this requires 2 people agreeing that hes full of scat) the original poster can declare that you are an "idiot" and there is no point in explaning his "obbvious" point again.
Of course these tactics tend to look exactly the same if the original poster is right or wrong.
Hence the saying....
Arguing on the internet, is like winng the Special Olympics.
- Most words in English have multiple defintions. So unless the babbler makes a giant gaff, they can easily duck under the cover of an alternate meaning.
- The babbler probably doesnt understand what he/she wrote himself so that chances of him understanding your arguement are slim.
- The dodge. If the jungle planter does understand what hes writing, he will shift the thread by making a vague attack on your post.
-Elitist insult response. If the agruement does become untenable(gennerally this requires 2 people agreeing that hes full of scat) the original poster can declare that you are an "idiot" and there is no point in explaning his "obbvious" point again.
Of course these tactics tend to look exactly the same if the original poster is right or wrong.
Hence the saying....
Arguing on the internet, is like winng the Special Olympics.