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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic
Kevin welcome to the MR forums. Please take the same to review our guidelines. You are free to disagree with anyone's opinion, but please refrain from name calling. It is not only disrespectful, but it also doesn't he'll you in supporting your views. Thank you.
Alex
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Argumentum ad personams are usually used when people are losing an argument, by most people. However, I use them differently. I am not the average man. When people make stupid or absurd statements I can't seem to help but insult them. The only safe rule then is not to argue with everyone you meet but only with people you know possess a certain self-respect not to advance absurdities and will yield to reason and cherish the truth. It stands to reason then that barely one man in one hundred is worth my arguing with. Remember on the tree of silence hangs the fruit of peace. Also the reason why men are silenced is because they speak the truth. The reason men are silenced is not because they speak falsely, but because they speak the truth. This is because if men speak falsehoods, their own words can be used against them; while if they speak truly, there is nothing which can be used against them -- except force. So I may be breaking a rule technically but it seems likely you want to silence me for speaking the truth. I come from the OpenBSD culture where people who make dumb statements are flamed. Harry deserved to get flamed in my opinion. How is it not self-evident that for reading books an LCD is inferior to E-ink ? It is so obvious only an idiot would argue in favor of LCD for this specific purpose. It is not that I am consciously trying to break your rules but I am a creature of habit and I come from a certain culture that ingrained these habits in myself. I simply will only argue with people worthy of arguing with in the future on this forum (necessarily a small minority of worthy people). That is the best way I can avoid breaking your rules.