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Re: The Last Word
Originally posted by Mindship
How many feel it is important to have the last word in a debate? Why is it important? Does it really make a difference?How many feel that having the last word is irrelevant as long as you've stated your case?
Depends, if somebody else agrees with you then the last word is irrelevant, if it doesn't end the debate or if you lost the debate then saying something else is important. Either to admit you lost the debate or otherwise to continue it. Although both are often quite useless.
I tend to not worry about it.
On KMC, I have just left some stuff unsaid out of annoyance because of incredibly bias views. Other times we both agree and just refine our opinions. I have "lost" according to majority rule, but some opposing views and points help me rethink how I approach discussions later.
Re: The Last Word
Originally posted by MindshipEveryone here, on some level, likes to have the last word. anyone who says it isnt important to them is delusional, lying or is too ashamed to admit it.
How many feel it is important to have the last word in a debate? Why is it important? Does it really make a difference?How many feel that having the last word is irrelevant as long as you've stated your case?
I voted that it is irrelevant.
Many times, both parties will know that they are right and it ends up in circles until someone gives up.
Other times, someone will just throw in the towel because it is too draining on their time. I have done this before and others have done it to me.
I have noticed that girls don't usually go through pages of debates. I think it is a male thing to debate for pages. (Pissing matches.)
Originally posted by chithappens
I tend to not worry about it.On KMC, I have just left some stuff unsaid out of annoyance because of incredibly bias views. Other times we both agree and just refine our opinions. I have "lost" according to majority rule, but some opposing views and points help me rethink how I approach discussions later.
That is one thing that I hate. Even if you are right, it doesn't matter if the group think is against you.
Here's an example. Someone said that they didn't go to college because they couldn't afford it. I asked if they were part Native American. They said yes. I told them that they might have qualified for several very nice scholarships if they had good grades in highschool. He disagreed and said it is very hard to qualify for a scholarship. I asked if he even tried to qualify for a scholarship and he said no. I told him that he is very wrong. I told him that all it takes is finding a bunch of scholarships and simply writing a nice essay. He said that I was lying. Other people agreed with him and said that it is too hard to get a scholarship. I told them that they can all claim to be right but that doesn't change the fact that they are ALL wrong. I told them that this girl I used to date graduated 20 out of her class but earned 8 scholarships because she did nothing but write essay after essay for well over 30 scholarship applications. She had a 27 on her ACT. USUALLY the scholarships start with a score of 28.
They told me that I am utterly stupid because I think that I am right when all of these people were wrong. They told me to open my eyes and to stop being so arrogant.
JUST because they all say your are wrong, doesn't mean you are wrong and they are right.