Caliann the Elf <calianng_graves at yahoo.com> writes on 16 August 2002 at 08:15:46 -0700 > CHILDREN! Irony is accepted, sarcasm is not. <smiles> There is no > reason to make snide remarks nor is there reason to logically > attack another. I am the Queen of logic, and I recognize an > intellectual attack. So why don't we just calm down sweetly and > use some irony, hhhmmmm? In the absence of quotes it's a bit confusing to guess what you're talking about. > You give an attack power if you respond with an attack. You also > give an attack power if you respond with defense. Only when you > respond with humor does an attack lose it's power. Responding with humor tends to mean ridicule, yes? Which is escalating more than I really want. And acknowledging the valid points an attacker makes is important etiquette, and gives no additional power (if one cares about that). > Emotion has no place in an intellectual debate. Remember > that.:):):) Which is why you're suggesting a basically emotional architecture for thinking about attacks and responses? -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info