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Old 12-28-2007, 03:55 PM   #96
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
If all you do here is self-justify your case, without listening to the words of others, or considering that others may have a valid point of view, then yes... you're just spinning your wheels here.

If on the other hand, you're interested in honest debate, clear understanding and a desire to struggle for consensus among your peers on contentious cutting-edge issues... and possibly even to help shape them...
Oh no, quite the contrary, I WANT my beliefs to be challenged, else, how would I know if they're right?

However, bitter experience has tough me that people rarely, if ever, relinquish the stance they take at the beginning of an argument, regardless of arguments or material exhibited.
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