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<blockquote data-quote="Victim" data-source="post: 4785912" data-attributes="member: 78">It's rare, but I have seen people change their mind.&nbsp; And even if I'm not changing anyone's mind, the process of formulating a post to defend or attack a position can help me sharpen or define my own thoughts on the matter, as I go from a general disagreement to looking at reasons, providing evidence, etc.Of course, the key word there is can.&nbsp; Some posts are purely emotional or circular.&nbsp; Not a whole lot can be done there, especially when people often don't like when others try to address their reasons for not liking something.. Others can be so overdone that all the arguments and counterarguments have been posted several times already - a post is just chipping in with a prepackaged statement; there's not a whole lot of new thought being put into it.I sort of thought the point of a messageboard was to argue with people.&nbsp; If everyone agreed, what would there be to talk about?&nbsp; A whole thread of people saying the same thing is pretty redundant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Victim, post: 4785912, member: 78"] It's rare, but I have seen people change their mind. And even if I'm not changing anyone's mind, the process of formulating a post to defend or attack a position can help me sharpen or define my own thoughts on the matter, as I go from a general disagreement to looking at reasons, providing evidence, etc. Of course, the key word there is can. Some posts are purely emotional or circular. Not a whole lot can be done there, especially when people often don't like when others try to address their reasons for not liking something.. Others can be so overdone that all the arguments and counterarguments have been posted several times already - a post is just chipping in with a prepackaged statement; there's not a whole lot of new thought being put into it. I sort of thought the point of a messageboard was to argue with people. If everyone agreed, what would there be to talk about? A whole thread of people saying the same thing is pretty redundant. [/QUOTE]

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