by FlipMode » January 18th, 2011, 11:45 pm
[quote="Azdgari"]Well... can't that be said of everything we talk about on here?[/quote]
In principal I guess so, yes to an extent. But the point is that most of the other things discussed on here are not really debates / arguments and so can be discussed in public like that. Take a thread that perhaps asks "What is your favourite song in TLK?" people can post their favourite and that is it, there is no room for argument, sure you can agree / disagree but meh that is about it . Moreover the subject of Kopa being canon or not is something that evidently is where at least a few members have different opinions about and as there is evidence to support both sides of the argument, with no real clarification, it is more open to a full scale argument which I think it has kind of become by this point.
And I am not saying that everyone should share the same opinion, but that until it can be discussed in a better manner than it is then it really is not worth discussing.... That and the point that there is no wrong or right answer, it can be argued about all day (or months in this case) but the fact remains, you can not change ones mind on this, all you can do is give reasons for what you think personally really and that is what a debate is, and that is what people here seem to not be understanding.
A debate is not forcing your beliefs on one another or ignoring other people's as the person aboe this very post did by saying "I dont care if you agree or not", you have to be able to understand opinions, give reasoning for what you think, and give reasons for disagreeing not just phantom disagreeing, I would say what I see here is more like bickering than debating and until people learn the difference, it should not be allowed to take place or said people not be included, hence taking it to pms.
Sorry to add another boring, and overly long post to the thread lol