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Brunson tribute by Tabetha DuPriest
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Posted by guskek on Monday, October 19, 2009 @ 18:38:41 CDT (7379 reads)
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kent writes: Max Shulman in "Love is a Fallacy" humorously explains these common fallacies of logic. Dicto Simpliciter, Hasty Generalization, Post Hoc, Contradictory Premises, Ad Misericordiam, False analogy, Hypothesis contrary to fact, and Poisoning the well .
Cool was I and logical. Keen, calculating, perspicacious, acute and astute—I was all of these. My brain was as powerful as a dynamo, precise as a chemist’s scales, as penetrating as a scalpel. And—think of it!—I only eighteen.
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Posted by guskek on Thursday, July 24, 2008 @ 11:06:16 CDT (28128 reads)
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kent writes:
Trolls - Who, What Why - and How to Deal With Them
From SnowyHOST, for About.com
About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by Steven Gans, MD
Trolls remind me of that song " lets give them something to talk about." So what are trolls? Trolls are people who come through the chat rooms, forums or other online groups and say or post things to create a disturbance within the online community.
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Posted by guskek on Saturday, March 22, 2008 @ 08:28:17 CDT (20228 reads)
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kent writes:
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Debate Rules and Suggestions
Advice on Debating with Others
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- Avoid the use of Never.
- Avoid the use of Always.
- Refrain from saying you are wrong.
- You can say your idea is mistaken.
- Don't disagree with obvious truths.
- Attack the idea not the person.
- Use many rather than most.
- Avoid exaggeration.
- Use some rather than many.
- The use of often allows for exceptions.
- The use of generally allows for exceptions.
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- Quote sources and numbers.
- If it is just an opinion, admit it.
- Do not present opinion as facts.
- Smile when disagreeing.
- Stress the positive.
- You do not need to win every battle to win the war.
- Concede minor or trivial points.
- Avoid bickering, quarreling, and wrangling.
- Watch your tone of voice.
- Don't win a debate and lose a friend.
- Keep your perspective - You're just debating.
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You need to be very polite when disagreeing with someone in English, even someone you know quite well.
With someone you know very well, you can disagree more directly.
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Posted by guskek on Thursday, March 20, 2008 @ 12:07:58 CDT (50558 reads)
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caragen writes: How to Call 911
Most people will only call 9-1-1 once or twice during their lifetime. Having the necessary information will aid the 9-1-1 dispatcher in sending you the appropriate resources quickly and efficiently. It can be a frightening experience, but there are several precautions that you can take to make the process run smoothly for you and the dispatcher.
Steps
Take a few deep breaths to calm yourself.
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Posted by guskek on Thursday, December 13, 2007 @ 03:59:19 CST (14031 reads)
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Anonymous writes: Don’t just sit around complaining about the city and county employees! Apply for the positions when they become open! If you don’t qualify, go back to school and get educated enough to qualify. If you think you can do the jobs better, get off the couch and try the jobs. If it takes zero qualifications (as you say) to be a DFCS caseworker, go apply for that job! Read More... |
Posted by guskek on Wednesday, May 02, 2007 @ 14:39:16 CDT (35726 reads)
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Anonymous writes: Everyone has a right to their own opinion however do we ever stop and think how others are going to be affected by that opinion. When did we stop caring how other people feel? Do we realize that by venting we could be really hurting the people we are venting about. Do we realize that their children, grandchildren, sisters, brothers, parents and friends are also reading the same comments as the people we’re venting about? Do we care that their grand children are getting picked on at school? Talked about daily?
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Posted by guskek on Tuesday, May 01, 2007 @ 09:59:31 CDT (15737 reads)
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Kent writes: Here is a definition from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
"Flaming is the act of sending or posting messages that are deliberately hostile and insulting, usually in the social context of a discussion board on the Internet. Such messages are called flames, and are sometimes posted in response to flamebait. Flaming is said by some to be one of a class of economic problems known as The Tragedy of the Commons, when a group holds a resource (in this case, communal attention), but each of the individual members has an incentive to overuse it. Flamers usually call their flames justified attacks." Watch out for Trolls.
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Posted by guskek on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 @ 04:18:10 CST (17030 reads)
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keving writes: Microsoft's recent focus on security and the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) doesn't mean we can stop worrying about viruses, spyware, and spam.
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Posted by guskek on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 @ 20:25:27 CDT (15079 reads)
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Anonymous writes: 13 ways to spoil your child
Caryl Krueger
North County Times
So you had a hard childhood and now you want your own child to have everything and do everything you missed out on. Often, the pendulum swings and parents who had a strict upbringing feel the answer is to give their child as much freedom as possible. Research shows that this results in whiny, spoiled, even delinquent kids.
It can be enlightening to assess just how sloppy your parenting skills have become. Answer these telling questions with a "yes" or a "no."
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Posted by Peanut on Thursday, August 07, 2003 @ 22:36:56 CDT (31822 reads)
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Anonymous writes: No Fear: A Police Officer's Perspective
By Police Detective Robert Surgenor
“It took the help of five other police officer to assist me in getting the handcuffs on the fifteen-year-old boy who had just broken his mother’s nose, knocked his father to the floor, and thrown a table through the front window. As I compiled the information for the report, the mother indicated that they had lost control of the boy at an early age. Time-outs and groundings just never worked. When I asked the mother if they had ever tried spanking the boy when he defied their authority, she replied angrily ‘We don’t believe in spanking. Violence begets violence!’ I wondered if she realized how foolish she sounded.”
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Posted by Peanut on Thursday, August 07, 2003 @ 22:21:44 CDT (19234 reads)
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