Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 05:59:18 01/17/02
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On January 16, 2002 at 21:58:00, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On January 16, 2002 at 21:39:08, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>Why? Taking this personally is silly. > >It's not on the personal level. If someone posts 'program x is better >than program y' based on the result of a few games, I get annoyed >too. I'm just a grumpy person sometimes. > >>Your second post is another example of this: '...unwilling to concede >>>the point'. Of course he not going to concede. He's arguing the >>>opposite! You'll have to rebuke his points, not his willingness to >>>state them. >>> >> >>No I don't, I believe Ed Schroder rebuked Bruce's point convincingly. >> > >Just because you believe so doesn't mean he has to agree. In fact, >he most likely will not. If discussing something were always as simple >as to give one counterargument, the amount of posts here would be reduced >by at least 50%. > >Postings things which boil down to : 'you just can't admit you're >wrong' is bad, don't do it. It brings nothing to the discussion and >it's just annoying. > >-- >GCP I never said that GCP. This is exactly what I said, and it wasn't meant to inflame anyone. -------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce can't you admit that in this case you may be wrong? I believe Ed has more than proven his point. Just my opinion. -------------------------------------------------------------- It was only my opinion. Am I not entitled to that? There is nothing wrong in what I said. It was not condescending. If I had put it the way you state, then I'd agree with you. But I didn't. Terry
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