FIRE!!!!

[Yanah_God]

that means that we are on topic? that's not right!

[ThunderClaw]

I didn't use it as a purpose to win an argument, you're misunderstanding.

Then why exactly did you ignore good sense in favor of a personal attack?

And if, as you say, that is 100% incorrect, what is?

Did you read any of this?

One of the recurring problems with the general population that I find is thier amazing arrogance and unwillingness to ever admit a fault. If you confront people directly and rationally about this, however, they simply put on a happy face and say 'Oh no, I laugh at myself all the time, etc. etc...' you get nowhere. So, before bringing up the point, I use the approach of acting like an even bigger arrogant bastard than they are. This dares them to rise to the challenge and creates a pattern that you can later point out in rational arguments.

Arch0wl is a perfect example in the sense that he's risen to the challenge of dealing with an arrogant troll because he has the arrogance to think he's able to change his mind. I've established a pattern with my lines of argumentation in that he has refused to concede one point to me, no matter how true one particular point may be (this is not to say all my points were good ones--the bullshit factory was running thick).

So now I take off my mask and simply ask if we can agree that he has a problem.

You can pick and tear at the various holes in this plan--I'm well aware there are some--but I've yet to come up with a better idea. If you have a better one, I'm all ears. I don't always get results, but even if the person still refuses to admit it, I at least have given them cold hard evidence of the fault which will remain.

So that's the truth. No, I'm not better than everyone here--in all honesty, people here are probably about equal in most ways, and definately peers in the eyes of society. I may not RESPECT some people, like bballplaya, but that doesn't make me better than him.

The question that's probably festering in your mind is "Why did you come here? Do you go searching for people on the internet?" No. As you guessed, Laharl is the one that showed me these forums to begin with. I checked around them a little bit and found a number of people who seemed to be potential targets. So I came. A job knocked, and I responded. It was as simple as that.

Any of that at all? It explains everything.

But I do dislike him for his acting like he does.

Gee, I would've sworn that going out of your way to make a personal attack constituted something a bit more than dislike. Silly me.

[Mwerp]

Yes, silly you.

[Cenright]

I agree with our Moogle Kineom here. People have been overly argumentative. Yes, some newbies need put in place. Then again, some vets need to be put in place. They may be vets, but that doesn't make them gods, even if Yanah thinks so.

This is a community of peers. We all are doing the same thing here. We are playing a game. This game has a message board attached for those who want to talk about the game. We all are here and none of us are leaving. We all have to work together to create a desirable environment. We create the evironment. The game doesn't.

[kineom34]

Cenright, I agree pretty much completely with you. I would completely agree with you, but you misspelled my name, lol ^_^

[Cenright]

Im sorry. the flicker on this old monitor makes it look like two letters. I'll be fixing that now.