Yes, idiots - you know, filling the ID-10-T form in triplicate. Yes, yes, I'll choose most dictionary first listing, "an utterly foolish or senseless person", and not the psychology term "a person of the lowest order in a former classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25". I don't think they are that bad.
Ok, as you might know, I am a fan of critical thinking (link to the wiki description) and it appear that more and more arguments are relying on emotional arguments and arguments without sound logic or reasoning. A little bit of everyone dies when we have nothing but emotional arguments to make points (that is supposed to be funny, cause I didn't have any reasoning or logic and tried to convince you of a point).
What happened to making points with reason to educate, pontificate, or discuss subjects? You then create your counter points and summarize and if your argument has merit, then you might convince someone of your point-of-view. I don't even care how lame or how much I disagree, I'll listen or read and process.
Also, it used to be easy to avoid because you could learn the fanatical conversations and steer clear of the subjects, like IT certification (google search), Microsoft vs. Novell, or Windows or *nix, and so on.
Final thoughts:
1. If you win an argument with emotional arguments, say with "You don't want our country nuked, do you", aren't you just going to lose the argument to someone else with something similar? Say "Less baby seals will get clubbed by saving electricity and going green all over".
2. Research it! What are your most valid points and what are the best counter points for you to address?
3. Respect it! Treat people like idiots and they will either be pissed off or act like idiots.
-Dave
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