tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post2327319585041277840..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: QuibblingAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-29797231552079325552014-08-16T06:17:19.523-06:002014-08-16T06:17:19.523-06:00I hold my hand up to the not all Greece cities are...I hold my hand up to the not all Greece cities are democracies statement being wrong.<br /><br />Howerver, you gave an answer that implied a question much more useful than the statement I made. So I'm glad I made the quibble, you gave me an understanding of the argument I could not have had without it. I now understand that the importance of categorising Greece as democratic in this context is the expectation of individuals to pay for their own equipment.<br /><br />In future I will attempt to make quibbles valid attempts to understand the whys and wherefores of your argument rather than relying you to make them so.<br /><br />Any actual comment on chariots in relation democracy will follow after at least a semester's worth of lectures.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278455754046118073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-13578422412265054032014-08-15T14:55:56.457-06:002014-08-15T14:55:56.457-06:00I thought I made a mistake once, but it turned out...I thought I made a mistake once, but it turned out THAT was my only error.<br /><br />- Capt PedanticDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10231423670489116607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-38057736616108181322014-08-15T13:07:01.738-06:002014-08-15T13:07:01.738-06:00I was once an irascible quibbler. It was not enoug...I was once an irascible quibbler. It was not enough to be smug andpedantic, i needed to make sure everyone who tried to express themselves had all facts correct and pronounced all words accurately acocording to the rules of pronunciation of the language of origin (tomahto is wrong) and realized that people would argue and refuse my rightness and even be angry. The truth isn't true because of anything i did, being angry with me is inappropriate.<br />Later i read How to win friends and influence people in which the author advises against correcting people unless the matter is vital or free of emotional charge.<br /><br />Now i more selective about who and what draws my keen contradiction. If someone must be corrected be sure you are doing so out of love for the correctee or the love of truth and not as a meas to erode somones face and elevate yourself.Eaterofkittenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278847786799803351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-1585678654941808092014-08-15T12:41:46.796-06:002014-08-15T12:41:46.796-06:00Jomo,
I inserted that line about the Katana becau...Jomo,<br /><br />I inserted that line about the Katana because both the Katana and the campaign against it have become internet memes - divided between those who are fans of Tarentino (in Kill Bill, for instance, the Katana is treated as a holy item) and those who strongly disagree. <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KatanasAreJustBetter" rel="nofollow">See this for more information</a>.<br /><br />More to the point, I used this particular example because it is an argument that will probably NEVER die - because nostalgically there are always people who will want to believe what they did when they were little children, no matter what comes to light. 12-14 year old boys who were able to find copies of Kill Bill will love the Katana all the rest of their lives. And they will be the first to demand to know why my 'swordsman' post does not include a significant section on how the Katana changed all of human history.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-15453700434142944042014-08-15T12:35:00.441-06:002014-08-15T12:35:00.441-06:00Through my exhaustive search of the internet, You-...Through my exhaustive search of the internet, You-tube especially, I've come to the conclusion that the katana is a good sword, not a great sword.<br />But there you go. I have never done an in-depth study, with proper use of references, of the blade. I have never even touched a real katana. So much information at my fingertips, so I want to be part of the discussion, some kind of expert. But, for the love of God, WHY? I don't have katanas in my game, nor in my life.Jomo Risinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552294536240059611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-15711409083292857292014-08-15T12:25:46.317-06:002014-08-15T12:25:46.317-06:00With no real arguments, Barrow, people are trained...With no real arguments, Barrow, people are trained to tear things down based upon their components - like breaking a shopping cart by destroying one wheel. Without that wheel for a lot of people, the whole rest of the argument is crap.<br /><br />Remember, though, that this post is really me saying that I do this - that I need to stop - and that most of us do this because we are TRAINED to do it by others. Consciously accepting that others will be wrong is hard because the parallel argument, that they are ENTITLED to be wrong, is hard to swallow.<br /><br />I don't think people are entitled to be wrong - too much evil results from the entitlement of stupid, wrong and abusive people. At the same time, there's no real solution for it.<br /><br />Quibbling is a 'wrong' also. One that I have indulged in far too often - so today I don't feel much resentment for others who have done the same. Let's hope that a message can be gotten and that we can all try to make ourselves stop.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-58801701630475050912014-08-15T11:27:08.092-06:002014-08-15T11:27:08.092-06:00I find it extremely annoying when commenters quibb...I find it extremely annoying when commenters quibble about details completely unrelated to the goals or a text. I envision people happily digesting the concepts and information in a text, and then, like an alarm bell sounding, they see a minor misspelling or generalization. All the information that they were originally happily conceptualizing is gone because a single small detail has consumed their mind. They rush to comment. Its like the person is not listening to the material they sat down to read. If a stranger did this to me in person I would find a lot of reasons not to speak with that person again. <br /><br />I do ENJOY reading commentors debating you, Alexis, on topical concepts with sound reasoning. However, too often the debates boil down and become exhaustive. Detractors demand universal laws that can never be wrong, no mater how extreme the "for instance" or variables are that they present. I get frustrated reading through the lines platitudes of online debating necessary to accommodate tangential arguments. I imagine others share in my frustration because its dry and boring. It would be more entertaining if someone where to say "F U Alexis, your ideas are trash and you can't make me do anything. Na-na-boo-boo." It would not bother me if these comments were screened all together.LTWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14280926541054573911noreply@blogger.com