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Panda
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Message 3 of 39 (628669)
08-12-2011 5:51 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Portillo
08-12-2011 5:36 AM


Portillo writes:
some forums have an ignore button
You could always simply...y'know...ignore posts.
IMO, an ignore button is similar to an ad hominem.
You are 'arguing' against the person and not their arguments.

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Panda
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Message 31 of 39 (671705)
08-29-2012 5:00 PM
Reply to: Message 30 by Artemis Entreri
08-29-2012 4:51 PM


Re: I wish there was one
Chaoticskunk writes:
it would make this place tolerable
Once you have 'ignored' everyone that doesn't agree with you, you can then sit there and pretend that your claims are unchallenged.

"There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god." J. B. S. Haldane

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