I read that "there are no winners in this debate"

There was nothing personal intended, I assure you. Personally, I admire you, Crashfrog.In fact, I consider it a privilege to be insulted by you.

It might blow you out of your chair to hear this, but I'm not really here to insult people. I'm here to have fun discussions. I take the Devil's advocate a lot. I walk the line between the things we all know are true and ways to look at those things that are ridiculous.For some reason, people like you, and Holmes, and others, take that personally. You go after me. You insult me personally and insult my beliefs. And then, because I'm not nearly as forgiving a person as I would like to be, I respond in kind.What's the deal with that? Why does it get so personal with you people? It's like you're personally insulted by the fact that I have a differing opinion or a different point of view on things. The second I don't drop to my knees when Holmes joins a thread and deigns to correct my insignificant intellect on one of his pet issues, it's right into the ad hom territory for him. I'm ignorant. I'm illogical. Et cetera.

Me too. Crashfrog, believe me, when I said I admire you, it's true.Scout's honor.This message has been edited by robinrohan, 10-23-2005 09:05 PM