It’s not that I care what he thinks, I just think posting crazy factual libels is a bad idea.
I never said one should ignore all etiquette of all types. There’s objective limits on what’s a good or bad idea in this area.
I’m not sure what you hope to gain by arguing this point with me. Do you just want to make me concede something in a debate or are you hoping to learn something?
I already know that etiquette is important, and why. I am pointing out that you also know that it is important when you are the target of a breach. So, even the one who preaches that etiquette be set aside in the bold pursuit of truth, does not really believe it, not when it’s his own ox being gored.
You have all along been oblivious to the reactions of others—admittedly so, proudly so. You have argued that your social obliviousness is a virtue, an intellectual strength, because such things as etiquette are mere obstacles in the road to reality. But this is mistaken, and even you intuit that it is, once the shoe is on the other foot—that is, once you stand in the place of those that you have antagonized and exasperated for an entire week. Your philosophy of antagonism serves no purpose but to justify your own failure or refusal to treat others well.
I don’t need you to concede anything. What I’ve done here is put together the pieces and given you a chance to respond.
I never said one should ignore all etiquette of all types. There’s objective limits on what’s a good or bad idea in this area.
Uh huh. Yet you offer no guidelines as to what is allowed, and what is off limits, after a week of preaching and practicing. Or to be more precise, you do offer a guide of sorts: you are off limits, and everyone else is fair game. What you are inclined to break, is okay to break. What you, for whatever reason, don’t break, nobody else must break.
It’s not that I care what he thinks, I just think posting crazy factual libels is a bad idea.
I never said one should ignore all etiquette of all types. There’s objective limits on what’s a good or bad idea in this area.
I’m not sure what you hope to gain by arguing this point with me. Do you just want to make me concede something in a debate or are you hoping to learn something?
I already know that etiquette is important, and why. I am pointing out that you also know that it is important when you are the target of a breach. So, even the one who preaches that etiquette be set aside in the bold pursuit of truth, does not really believe it, not when it’s his own ox being gored.
You have all along been oblivious to the reactions of others—admittedly so, proudly so. You have argued that your social obliviousness is a virtue, an intellectual strength, because such things as etiquette are mere obstacles in the road to reality. But this is mistaken, and even you intuit that it is, once the shoe is on the other foot—that is, once you stand in the place of those that you have antagonized and exasperated for an entire week. Your philosophy of antagonism serves no purpose but to justify your own failure or refusal to treat others well.
I don’t need you to concede anything. What I’ve done here is put together the pieces and given you a chance to respond.
Uh huh. Yet you offer no guidelines as to what is allowed, and what is off limits, after a week of preaching and practicing. Or to be more precise, you do offer a guide of sorts: you are off limits, and everyone else is fair game. What you are inclined to break, is okay to break. What you, for whatever reason, don’t break, nobody else must break.