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<blockquote data-quote="mneme" data-source="post: 5460542" data-attributes="member: 59248">1. That's not the &quot;might is right&quot; rule.&nbsp;&nbsp; Plurality isn't &quot;might&quot; -- it's frequency.&nbsp; And yes, when you're finding yourself alone against the crowd, it's usually worth taking stock and trying to figure out where they're coming from.&nbsp; Not because they're more powerful--but because they're probably seeing something you aren't.2. Moreover, your response simply wasn't appropriate to the claim even if it was fallacious (which it wasn't).&nbsp; Even if your argument was correct in every article (as opposed to your focusing on some disfunction and other responders focusing on function in a story that could have been much, much worse), without any evidence of same, &quot;they're all dicks&quot; isn't even a little bit justified by a statement that you're heavily outnumbered--any non-troll (or really, any reasonable participant) will look for reason in the crowd, not claim that they're all dicks.&nbsp; Even if you're right, and we're all wrong, there's probably some reason we think we're right -- unless you actually think that this is a hotbed of bad gaming, a cesspool on the gaming Internet, in which case you should probably clear off now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mneme, post: 5460542, member: 59248"] 1. That's not the "might is right" rule. Plurality isn't "might" -- it's frequency. And yes, when you're finding yourself alone against the crowd, it's usually worth taking stock and trying to figure out where they're coming from. Not because they're more powerful--but because they're probably seeing something you aren't. 2. Moreover, your response simply wasn't appropriate to the claim even if it was fallacious (which it wasn't). Even if your argument was correct in every article (as opposed to your focusing on some disfunction and other responders focusing on function in a story that could have been much, much worse), without any evidence of same, "they're all dicks" isn't even a little bit justified by a statement that you're heavily outnumbered--any non-troll (or really, any reasonable participant) will look for reason in the crowd, not claim that they're all dicks. Even if you're right, and we're all wrong, there's probably some reason we think we're right -- unless you actually think that this is a hotbed of bad gaming, a cesspool on the gaming Internet, in which case you should probably clear off now. [/QUOTE]

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