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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6863858" data-attributes="member: 177">Arguments of the form, &quot;In order to disagree with me you must be stupid/ignorant/unstable/mentally challenged,&quot; come across as insulting, and more than a little arrogant.&nbsp; You are, in effect, making the argument personal with an accusation (in this case, that he didn't read).&nbsp; The old advice applies - don't ground the issue on the person of the poster, but on the logic.&nbsp; Otherwise, this becomes an argument of ego, rather than a discussion of facts.&nbsp; I know this is from a little further back int he thread, but...Really, dude, what's next?&nbsp; &quot;I double-dog dare you?&quot;&nbsp; Not exactly a mature discussion construction, you know.&nbsp; If you'd like to make it more transparently a *personal* conflict, rather than a disagreement about rules, you'll have to challenge him to nerf guns at dawn.&nbsp; Please, chill out - because we don't support this &quot;I challenge thee!&quot; sort of debate tactics.&nbsp; </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6863858, member: 177"] [color=darkorange] Arguments of the form, "In order to disagree with me you must be stupid/ignorant/unstable/mentally challenged," come across as insulting, and more than a little arrogant. You are, in effect, making the argument personal with an accusation (in this case, that he didn't read). The old advice applies - don't ground the issue on the person of the poster, but on the logic. Otherwise, this becomes an argument of ego, rather than a discussion of facts. [/color] [color=darkorange] I know this is from a little further back int he thread, but... Really, dude, what's next? "I double-dog dare you?" Not exactly a mature discussion construction, you know. If you'd like to make it more transparently a *personal* conflict, rather than a disagreement about rules, you'll have to challenge him to nerf guns at dawn. Please, chill out - because we don't support this "I challenge thee!" sort of debate tactics. [/color] [/QUOTE]

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