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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 5047616" data-attributes="member: 11821">It's not about opinions or beliefs.  It's about productive versus unproductive statements.  We can hold different opinions all day, and as long as we're making productive statements, we won't get into edition wars or useless squabbling."So you hack your way into and out of everything" isn't a statement that lends itself to a good discussion.  It's dismissive, and dismissive posts are a quick way to kill an otherwise-solid discussion.IMO, it's better to call out unproductive statements and try to keep the conversation on a strong footing, than engage with them.  Heaven knows I'm perfectly happy to debate merits and flaws - I've been doing it this whole thread.  (EDIT: And yeah, I could have ignored it, but I was responding to his other points as well.)-O</blockquote>