Request Forum: The Duel

Can we go back through the old threads and find the first asshat to use the term "cognitive surrender" and tie him up to a post so that everybody can come by and cyber-kick him in the nuts? What sort of uber-dork talks like that anyway?

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I think its a great idea. We should at least give it a chance//

 

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I had the idea of a forum that is unmoderated and people can flame or whatever.. just to get it out of their systems. In theory it would work but after some thought I considered it is a bad idea. This is because arguments on this board (like ad hominem) would leak out to other forums.

 

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"But how does a cyber-duel in a virtual ring end? It could stretch out to infinity simply because the only defeat would be to have the other guy decamp. And who would want to do that?"

Let's say, either one person can concede defeat, a vote can be taken to determine the victor, or after one week of no new replies the other person involved in the debate is declared the loser.

Is this forum going to be implemented or what? I voted for it...

 

there doesn't seem to be an overwhelming majority...

 

It's still a majority.

 

The questionable since we can't see who posted. Hence it is possible that a single member voted several times under different names.

And if we would let statistics lose here we might not come to the conclusion we have a majority.

 

This kind of a majority warrants *at least* a trial period. Couldn't hurt.

 

I agree with a duel thread, it should be fun. My only question is how do u know u've been challenged? Will you get a PM? Will it say "Directed to X"?

 

Maybe we should now have poster reply who are actually interested in performing a duel and on what topic. We can then see if it is really a valid proposal.

 

Sure monkey. I can't way to see what sort of semantic gymnastics you go into trying to convince me that North Korea is not a communist regime. This ought to be rich.

Oh, and then you could explain how anyone who acknowledges different races of people is a racist.

I've got some ocean-front property in Arizona to sell you when we're done.

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But I am not interested in debating with you. And the answers to both questions are obvious.

 

Nice edit.

There would be no debate. I am right, and you're wrong.

 

North Korea is not a communist regime.

North Korea herself has given up Marxist Doctrine, so no NK is not a communist state. Sorry but I saw it in the quote...

 

I changed it because it was too much off topic.

This is not the duel thread after all, but the poll thread on the desire for a duel thread.

I think it is allowed to correct mistakes. Humans after all make mistakes.

 

In head to heads on an open forum usually it becomes an absurdity as it breaks down into both parties claiming that everything they say is a score and the original argument disintegrates into trying to prove you really did score with your last comment.

 

I like the idea, and I think it's worth a shot. If it fails, close it down. But hey, the History forum was invoked ... this forum was invoked ... they're both running, aren't they?

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