Posted by Lou Pilder on September 7, 2013, at 11:22:38
In reply to Re: The Hsiung-Pilder discussion, posted by Dr. Bob on September 7, 2013, at 0:08:52
> > You say that you are willing to discuss the topic cited here but I do not know if that means that you are registering for the debate or just are willing to have a discussion about this specific topic.
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> I'm more interested in discussion than debate.
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> BobMr Hsiung,
You wrote,[...I'm more interested in discussion than debate...].
I am unsure as to what you are wanting readers to think as to what you are wanting to mean by that. For to be more interested still does not preclude one from participating in the debate, so I will look for you to either register or not by 9 AM CST on this Tuesday in the thread below this thread as to show if you are or are not going to be a registrant in the debate between us that I am offering for at noon on this Wednesday.
But be it as it may be, here is where I offered for you to discuss as to if you are wanting readers to think that {OK} means {supportive} in the issues that I have offered discussion with you. If you say that when you use that the statement in question is {OK}, that the statement is {supportive}, that is one thing and then I will answer you to that. If you say that {OK} in the context does not mean that it is supportive, then I will answer you to that.
The importance here is that if readers think that you consider the statement to be supportive because you say that it is {OK} to post it, then that is one thing and if you do not consider in this case {OK} to be supportive, then that is another thing as to why you are allowing an unsupportive statement to stand when you say that support takes precedence and that you do not wait to put out a fire where you see a statement that is not supportive that could start a forest fire, as one spark could do.
A debate is a discussion. A difference is that in a debate, there are formal rules and usually an impartial moderator. You can take your pick and register for the debate and we will put this in the debate, or you could respond to me here in the following link's question from me here. Or you could not respond to me here nor register for the debate. If you take the last option, then the question becomes as to why you think it will be good for you or the community as a whole, if you are following your own TOS that states that you do what will be good for the community as a whole, to leave my request outstanding. If you do that, could you go ahead and post here your answer to why you will leave my request outstanding? If you do, then I could have the opportunity to respond to you.
Lou
Here is the link to my concern
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20100321/msgs/950671.html
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:1050116
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20130903/msgs/1050303.html