I get pissed off, too.  Not because I don't drink (I quit because there just isn't enough booze in the world for me, so it's useless to start drinking), but because people seem to make up their own minds about things, and they usually disagree with me.  There doesn't seem to be much that I can do about that.

I respect people who continue to learn, even if they learn that I'm often full of shit.  But put-downs can be a valid form of debate if they're on point.  People have been using them for millions of years, and that's not likely to change.  I get your point, though, that there might be too much of it sometimes.  Sometimes the best that we can hope for is that we can disagree without killing each other.

Thank you for response, tuna.  I look forward to more of you ideas.

by EveningStarNM on 07/06/2009 10:44:42 AM EST

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