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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I'll chime in with my +1, as well. The all or nothing arguments between polarizing extremists that most threads here are devolving into are not conversation. We're not at war here... we're book readers/writers for the love of Pete.
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This.
I wonder if anyone has studied the human tendency towards clanism (fanboism?) in the context of these arguments. I think there almost needs to be a new internet rule.... the longer a thread gets, the greater the tendency for the arguments to resolve into polarized camps.
In completely unrelated news, B&N ROCKS AND AMAZON SUCKS.
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(That was meant to be purely ironic - I have serious praise AND criticism for both companies and their products, customer service, e-readers, formats, and their respective CEO's choice of aftershave. Seriously, it was 100% a joke.

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