The Three Minute SOAPBOX:

It is a shame that many married couples don’t show as much common courtesy to each ”other around the home as they do to a stranger.” (Of course there are some people who are not courteous anywhere.)So often I hear, “Well it's the man’s job” or “It's the woman’s job”. Sometimes it isn’t ”even gender specific, but has been designated as the other’s job.”A few come to mind:If you drink coffee in the morning and spill dry or wet coffee in the process of making it, ”why not clean up after yourself? Note to coffee drinkers who fill their cup to the brim ”and then spill one inch of it on the way to their sitting destination: DON’T FILL IT TO ”THE BRIM!”If clothes have been left in the dryer and you need the dryer, why not fold the clothes? ”Don’t just stuff them in the basket to wrinkle.”If the trash can is full, why not change the bag even though it isn’t your job?”Gentlemen, when you’re in the head, if you can’t hit the hole, why not clean up after ”yourself?
Note: If you can’t hit the hole, SIT!”When you need assistance from your significant other, request and coordinate. Don’t ”demand. ”Most of all say thank you when your significant other does something for you.”For the last 19 years, I have always told my husband thank you for doing things he didn’t ”have to do, helping me and when he takes me out to dinner, movies, etc. He shows the ”same courtesy and respect to me.”Common courtesy makes life a little more pleasant.Thank you

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Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. -Eleanor Roosevelt-

I’ve noticed that debaters in the science zone like to flop out their logical fallacy labels at the drop of a hat, but I’d appreciate it if when you flop them out in the nonscience zone (since not all of us are experienced debaters) that you explain the error as it pertains to the actual statement made. Providing the definition or an odd analogy doesn’t help.There’s the inept teacher approach: The amateur chef approach: Drive-by Fallacy Floppers: They haven’t participated in the discussion, but drop in and list fallacies that supposedly refute a position and then leave. They don’t really discuss the actual issue.Without an explanation, when you say straw man, I just see Ray Bolger dancing down the yellow brick road.Quite frankly, if my logic is begging a question; answer it!I can’t correct my error in reasoning (assuming your reasoning is not in error) if I don’t understand where you feel my reasoning went wrong.Bottom line: If you don’t feel that the reasons provided for a conclusion provide enough support, then explain why you feel the reasons don’t support the conclusion. Don’t just flop out a fallacy label.Thank youEdited by AdminPhat, : No reason given.