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Originally posted by Anti-Tyrant
To the OP - Next time you find a thread that you feel is counter-productive to... What exactly is it you're aiming for again? - Nevermind, just make sure that your opinion is known.
In many cases simply by showing your disapproval you open up the thread to new possibilities - it's just important to learn to recognise the difference between a statement that closes the discussion and a statement that promotes the discussion; E.g;
Avoid the closing statements - they are made by people who have already made up their minds and are posting only in an attempt to sway the other person to their belief, or in otherwords - promoting propoganda.
Originally posted by futureblind ... Surely there will always be attention seekers and individuals who miss the real point, but unless there is some sort of collation of accepted ideas, then this useless pseudo intellectual war will continue ... The truth is self evident in a group who uses logical and insightful ways to get across their ideas, and ignores the ramblings of the ego ... I think there needs to be a change on the level of the individual if there is to be a change on a mass scale.