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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 8921690" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>Always? He certainly does not. I don't think I've ever gotten such a response from [USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER]. Which might have to do with the fact that I start from the proposition that he has a law degree, and I do not, and therefore when I see him say something that contradicts my understanding of how the law works, I'm probably wrong about something and should try and work out what that is*.</p><p></p><p>When you're a non-expert arguing with an expert on their subject of expertise, sometimes the response is going to be "Look, your understanding of this is just wrong on so many levels that there isn't even a way to engage your argument." You could say that's a way to end discussion, and in some sense you'd be right -- it's an attempt to end a non-productive avenue of discussion which cannot lead anywhere useful.</p><p></p><p>As for the "hyperbole and misinformation" bit, well, when what you're saying <em>is</em> hyperbole and misinformation, there's only so many ways to express that. There has been an incredible amount of both flying around the boards these last couple of weeks, with threads full of multiple pages of people confidently asserting things about the law that are just totally false. It's extremely unhelpful for dealing with the actual issues raised by WotC's actions.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">*Unless I then see a post by some <em>other</em> person with a law degree disputing his point. Then I just keep my head down and do my best to figure out what they're talking about.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 8921690, member: 58197"] Always? He certainly does not. I don't think I've ever gotten such a response from [USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER]. Which might have to do with the fact that I start from the proposition that he has a law degree, and I do not, and therefore when I see him say something that contradicts my understanding of how the law works, I'm probably wrong about something and should try and work out what that is*. When you're a non-expert arguing with an expert on their subject of expertise, sometimes the response is going to be "Look, your understanding of this is just wrong on so many levels that there isn't even a way to engage your argument." You could say that's a way to end discussion, and in some sense you'd be right -- it's an attempt to end a non-productive avenue of discussion which cannot lead anywhere useful. As for the "hyperbole and misinformation" bit, well, when what you're saying [I]is[/I] hyperbole and misinformation, there's only so many ways to express that. There has been an incredible amount of both flying around the boards these last couple of weeks, with threads full of multiple pages of people confidently asserting things about the law that are just totally false. It's extremely unhelpful for dealing with the actual issues raised by WotC's actions. [SIZE=3]*Unless I then see a post by some [I]other[/I] person with a law degree disputing his point. Then I just keep my head down and do my best to figure out what they're talking about.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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