Is an argument ever really won or lost?

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Is an argument ever really won or lost?

Scott Evil — 2/20/2007 3:18:55 PM (archived)

Good Argumentation doesn't necessarily involve confrontation...

OK... Yeah, I've lost an argument or two...

That's why I quit towing the line for Bush. If he can't even argue his own position why the hell should I?

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Who has ever lost an argument here - FrankC - 2/17/2007 2:47:42 AM
- Well Hot Damn!! - Martha - 2/21/2007 3:45:05 AM
  - Heh, heh. Corned him once. - Bowser - 2/21/2007 11:33:29 PM
    - "I'd say he lost. He'd say he didn't." - happens from time to time.. (n/t) - LS - 2/22/2007 1:10:42 AM
  - Nah, TB's a harmless lovable fuzzball......(running joke) (n/t) - Tony - 2/21/2007 3:00:09 PM
- Neither won, nor lost. - alcaray - 2/20/2007 11:20:09 PM
- Is an argument ever really won or lost? - Scott Evil - 2/20/2007 3:18:55 PM
- If you don't argue...you can't lose. - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/20/2007 12:56:15 AM
  - re: If you don't argue...you can't lose. - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/20/2007 5:54:13 AM
    - As an aside..... - Lindy - 2/20/2007 5:25:20 PM
    - should be below Lindy's post. (n/t) - SDT1 - 2/20/2007 5:54:57 AM
  - re: If you don't argue...you can't lose. - Lindy - 2/20/2007 1:35:02 AM
- Never. I'm Scottish and therefore always right. - Tony - 2/19/2007 3:30:20 PM
  - Hmmm. No wonder there's problems. I'm Irish and never wrong. - Bowser - 2/20/2007 12:54:23 AM
    - You could be German and always wrong, Irish and dont care that ye are - Tony - 2/20/2007 2:40:35 AM
  - Facts - RobVG - 2/19/2007 10:46:10 PM
    - Someone here berated someone else for saying there were "better facts" - Tony - 2/20/2007 2:36:09 AM
  - re: Never. I'm Scottish and therefore always right. - Martha - 2/19/2007 8:28:38 PM
    - Wha Hae! - Tony - 2/20/2007 2:42:11 AM
      - Enter The Haggis - Martha - 2/20/2007 11:37:10 AM
        
        You wonder... - Fox - 2/21/2007 1:34:48 AM
        
        ...."and - Martha - 2/21/2007 11:32:18 AM
- Probably - REB - 2/19/2007 3:07:09 PM
- Excellent idea for a thread, Frank. - ER - 2/19/2007 2:17:39 PM
  - Heck yeah - McFly - 2/19/2007 6:18:02 PM
- Huh! - Martha - 2/19/2007 3:18:43 AM
  - I did not realize - Martha - 2/20/2007 11:43:58 AM
  - The first rule - FrankC - 2/19/2007 6:55:12 PM
    - Very true - Mary Anne - 2/22/2007 2:46:51 AM
    - Thank You (n/t) - Martha - 2/19/2007 6:59:24 PM
  - re: Huh! - Daniel - 2/19/2007 6:18:46 PM
    - Thank You..I will keep on pluggin'......... (n/t) - Martha - 2/19/2007 7:02:35 PM
  - If no one responds it's probably because you are being to reasonable :-) (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 2/19/2007 6:51:31 AM
    - :) (n/t) - Martha - 2/19/2007 8:17:21 AM
- re: Who has ever lost an argument here - Robert - 2/18/2007 7:25:28 PM
  - well said - Daniel - 2/19/2007 6:12:46 PM
    - Seeing the other persons' POV and then getting swayed by it - Martha - 2/19/2007 6:58:25 PM
      - Why? Empathy, maybe (n/t) - Daniel - 2/20/2007 3:35:27 AM
        
        That is very true.... (n/t) - Martha - 2/20/2007 11:45:16 AM
- I'd like to think that... - azstrummer - 2/18/2007 6:27:05 PM
- hmmm... - Fox - 2/18/2007 4:06:17 AM
- The confessional - gbaikie - 2/18/2007 3:05:57 AM
- happens to me all the time - Daniel - 2/18/2007 3:05:29 AM
- Sure - Buck Galaxy - 2/18/2007 1:31:54 AM
- Uh, yo. Right here. (n/t) - et - 2/18/2007 12:21:08 AM
- I've never lost an argument here. - ER - 2/17/2007 12:48:43 PM
  - re: I've never lost an argument here. - Lindy - 2/18/2007 3:23:16 AM
    - Was it good for you? - ER - 2/18/2007 2:10:14 PM
      - Virtual arguments - Lindy - 2/18/2007 5:08:31 PM
        
        If you do take a bath.... - azstrummer - 2/18/2007 6:01:10 PM
        
        Videos are on the way..... - Lindy - 2/18/2007 9:54:28 PM
        
        re: Videos are on the way..... - azstrummer - 2/19/2007 12:57:19 AM
        
        Ah gee - Littany - 2/19/2007 4:32:01 AM
        
        Not that there's anything wrong with that... (n/t) - ER - 2/18/2007 6:08:13 PM
  - again perception - FrankC - 2/17/2007 7:06:03 PM
    - basic goodness - azstrummer - 2/17/2007 8:16:30 PM
      - humanity abides - FrankC - 2/17/2007 10:07:21 PM
        
        There's some wishful thinking in that I believe. - azstrummer - 2/18/2007 5:59:26 PM
        
        re: humanity abides - Fox - 2/18/2007 3:53:56 AM
- re: Who has ever lost an argument here - TB - 2/17/2007 4:42:45 AM
  - Sounds like you won that one against yourself TB :) (n/t) - FrankC - 2/17/2007 6:07:55 AM
    - Actually, that was my first debate with Tom here, and the only time I have ever seen him yield a point. (n/t) - Yeti - 2/17/2007 6:35:09 PM
- re: I have - SteveS - 2/17/2007 4:08:16 AM
  - The only one I recall - FrankC - 2/17/2007 6:05:39 AM
    - I meant this to just be a reply for me and not specifically to Steve (n/t) - FrankC - 2/17/2007 6:09:31 AM
- Oh, I have. Several. - Mary Anne - 2/17/2007 3:21:08 AM
  - who's "Dan"? (n/t) - just wondering - 2/17/2007 7:53:57 AM
    - That would be Dan Spires who used to be a regular and a moderator (n/t) - FrankC - 2/17/2007 7:59:41 AM
      - re: That would be Dan Spires who used to be a regular and a moderator - Lindy - 2/17/2007 2:12:01 PM
        
        The zone hasn't been the same w/o him. We should send him an email asking him to come back and have everyone sign it. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 2/18/2007 1:34:22 AM
        
        Good idea. - Lindy - 2/18/2007 3:26:42 AM
        
        Well, I knew he served in the army - FrankC - 2/17/2007 10:14:06 PM
        
        As I recall, his favorite postings were in the Canal Zone and Italy. - Mary Anne - 2/17/2007 11:52:09 PM
        
        Yes and the hero of his scifi novel was Italian - FrankC - 2/17/2007 11:59:18 PM
        
        re: But I believe his wife is from Panama - SteveS - 2/18/2007 3:18:08 AM
- I have - Laurie Street - 2/17/2007 3:15:59 AM
- Who has the integrity to admit it? - RobVG - 2/17/2007 2:55:03 AM
  - I've been bested..... - Lindy - 2/17/2007 5:04:37 AM

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