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Subject: Re: [MODERATION] Djenghis in cct4

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 00:42:28 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.

I agree Gian-Carlo, so why don't you just admit you're right ?

Tony

>
>--
>GCP



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