[PatrickHenry]

See, there, ya go, being all reasonable...

In my early days on this forum I was far more combative. Those were the days before we had moderators. Great days. Lots of fun. Now, I'm a kinder, gentler PatrickHenry. Anyway, when breaking off the conversation -- something you must do! -- you could always announce your reason if it makes you feel better: "Well, if you're going to say X, then I can see there's no reason to continue, so I'm dropping out of our debate." But your opponent will almost always respond with some lame claim to victory. That used to bother me, but I now see how utterly predictable it is, so I just let it go. It's fine with me if he wants to tell his buddies about the time he "defeated" some "Darwinist" on the internet.

[orionblamblam]

> In my early days on this forum I was far more combative.

I guess I'm still there. Somethign in my nature won't let go of an injustice or someone promoting an intellectual obscenity like Creationism.

The weird thing is, Conervatives are supposed to be the ones who are in opposition to the sort of unthinking superstitious loopiness that Liberals revel in so much. When they say, "We can lower crime by taking away rights," we want to see evidence of it, and will not accept BS. But when it comes to Creationism... some Conservatives just can't see past that one book that they're told is inerrant, I guess. it's sad, and does not bode well for Conservatives. That's one reason why I get so ticked off, I guess.

[bondserv]

But your opponent will almost always respond with some lame claim to victory. That used to bother me, but I now see how utterly predictable it is, so I just let it go.

Maybe you might consider leaving the debate to those who chose to engage, rather than waste your precious time sarcastically putting your finger in the eye of those you disagree with.

For your information, as I predicted 2 years ago, there will continue to be a groundswell of scientists who begin to dispute Macro-Evolution using real scientific method. Scientists are becoming disillusioned having to dance around like politicians.

[Elsie]

But your opponent will almost always respond with some lame claim to victory. That used to bother me, but I now see how utterly predictable it is, so I just let it go. It's fine with me if he wants to tell his buddies about the time he "defeated" some "Darwinist" on the internet.

But BOTH sides tend to do the same thing.........

[longshadow]

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