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Sep 7, 2021 08:28:35   #
Cuda2020
 
son of witless wrote:
How can either of us attempt a compromise when we cannot lay out our arguments before one another ? I have listened to your ideas and commented on them. Then it is your turn to defend those ideas and I return and so on and so on. Then I lay out my ideas, you comment on them, I defend them, you return and so on and so on.

In theory that is how a discussion of opposing ideas should proceed, but it never happens between you and I. You must have a very high opinion of your beliefs, that you do not believe you should have to defend them. How dare I disagree with you. How dare I challenge you. How dare I raise an uncomfortable point. You always take your bat and ball and storm off.

Your idea of compromise is where I agree that I was wrong, you were right, and I say how sorry I am. I am sorry, but I don't roll that way.
How can either of us attempt a compromise when we ... (show quote)


Yes, I admit I do feel strongly about certain beliefs on certain issues, but I am always willing to listen to a civil conversation. Sometimes minds are not changed, my mind does certainly change when the debate shows me the logic to it and a beneficial outcome for the most part. If the principle in the argument runs against mine it most probably is not going to change my mind. I also don't storm off, I simply recognize the argument has come to a wall and is futile to continue.

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Sep 7, 2021 13:40:12   #
dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA
 
Cuda2020 wrote:

"I simply recognize the argument has come to a wall and is futile to continue."


Kind of like where we are now.

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Sep 7, 2021 18:31:26   #
Cuda2020
 
dtucker300 wrote:
Kind of like where we are now.


Maybe so.

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Sep 7, 2021 19:52:59   #
son of witless
 
Cuda2020 wrote:
Yes, I admit I do feel strongly about certain beliefs on certain issues, but I am always willing to listen to a civil conversation. Sometimes minds are not changed, my mind does certainly change when the debate shows me the logic to it and a beneficial outcome for the most part. If the principle in the argument runs against mine it most probably is not going to change my mind. I also don't storm off, I simply recognize the argument has come to a wall and is futile to continue.


I am willing to forget your previous abandonments of our discussions. Sooner or later a topic will appear where you and I will on opposite sides. We will see whether you stay and fight.

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