"Tom Blum" skrev...
Quoted message said:My unstated point was that if no one would bother to argue with them, they would go away.
Hear, hear! Too many of those threads right now.
Cheers Mikael
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Q: I saw a long article that I wish to rebut carefully, what should I do?
R: Include the entire text with your article, particularly the signature, and include your comments
closely packed between the lines. Be sure to post, and not mail, even though your article looks
like a reply to the original. Everybody loves to read those long point-by-point debates,
especially when they evolve into name-calling and lots of "Is too!" -- "Is not!" -- "Is too,
twizot!" exchanges.
Be sure to compare the poster to Adolph [censored] in some way. That's a novel, underutilized rhetorical
technique. In fact, the poster is probably worse than the Nazis.
Be sure to follow-up everything, and never let another person get in the last word on a net debate.
Why, if people let other people have the last word, then discussions would actually stop! Remember,
other net readers aren't nearly as clever as you, and if somebody posts something wrong, the readers
can't possibly realize that on their own without your elucidations. If somebody gets insulting
towards you in their net postings, the best response is to get right down to their level and fire a
return salvo. When I read one net person make an insulting attack on another, I always immediately
take it as gospel unless a rebuttal is posted. It never makes me think less of the insulter, so it's
your duty to respond. Remember, a net flame battle takes at least two participants, so do your best
to make sure you're one of them.
(Emily Postnews)
