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Old 09-06-2008, 10:19 AM   #77
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Originally Posted by peter12 View Post
Please. Partisan assumptions deserve non-partisan proof. You are incapable of providing that. I can't possibly form a rebuttal when your original statement can only be deciphered through your own framework.
I make a claim.

You refute the claim.

That's how a discussion should work.

I make a claim.

You attack me by needlessly questioning my knowledge of something presupposed in the discussion, putting me in a lose-lose situation. I am left to either prove I know what I'm talking about and look like a putz, or refuse to answer and get attacked for doing that.

That's not how a discussion should work.

FWIW I'm a Philosophy major (as well as Astronomy) with a minor in Applied Ethics. I do indeed know what I'm talking about. But now by saying that I'll get attacked for bragging (or something along those lines). Thanks for putting me in the lose-lose situation.
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