Killing PLUG softly

[Joshua Zeidner]

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:12 PM, JD Austin <jd at twingeckos.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 22:03, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>   There is no more brainless fatalistic stupidity than this.  Alex said
>> something similar before : "Nobody ever convinced anyone of anything by
>> arguing via email."  If that is true, then why even participate here?  Again
>> you're trying to rationalize the fact that you cannot deal with being
>> exposed to certain information and viewpoints.  When someone encounters
>> something new that actually challenges their world view, first they reject
>> it as 'noise', then they argue and reason with it, then they accept it.
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>>   The issue of illegal aliens is very real and at this point in time,
>> there is no ignoring it.
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>>   -jmz
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> My point is this:  If your goal is to persuade people to accept something
> they obviously don't agree to then how you present your argument is as
> important as your argument itself.   Usually there are points that both
> sides can agree to such as what you just said:  The issue of illegal
> aliens is very real and at this point in time, there is no ignoring it.
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> There are some people that can never be persuaded to accept the truth when
> there is only one truth and others that can't see that there are two sides.
> It is a waste of time after a certain point to try to change their mind
> further and pressing on just makes it worse.  Wouldn't you agree?
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  well thats the risk you take when you participate in a discussion... if
you have absolutely no connection to your audience they are going to reject.
 Waste of time.  I don't see anyone doing automated spamming, just some
people who want to blow everything out of proportion whenever they encounter
an opinion they can't deal with.  -jmz
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