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Grungi · 12-17-2002, 12:01 PM

furball erm havent heard that term used in that context before i assume u mean a mass of jumbled opinions or someat? like all my posts basically [img]tongue.gif[/img]

and yeah you want to know who your talking to of course we all do, i want to know as well but in a debate its better not to know so that everyone is on equal ground:

eg if i happened to be a 14 year old who had gone through alot in my life but was also mature for my age and had a lot of very good opinions i would feel VERY upset if someone discounted my posts merely due to my age and the assumption i knew little compared to them because of it, assumption is the mother of all f... ups [img]tongue.gif[/img] for my age i been through alot and experienced alot compared to so many of my friends, some have never even left the country which to me is a bit insular, their choice, but travelling opens your mind alot. I would be very annoyed if a 40 year old started saying he knows more than me or has experienced more than me on a said subject just because hes 40 and im 24, so you see why some people prefer not to post age or location etc.

now knowing what i know of you so far im pretty sure you'd take that 14 year old on the value of his posts and not his age because you seem to reason an argument before you reply, therefore contradicting what you said [img]tongue.gif[/img] thats just my opinion and say im wrong if you will, but i feel you'd be reasonable when dealing with someone like that and not automatically discount them because of age.

12-17-2002, 12:01 PM	#43
Grungi Banned User Join Date: September 4, 2002 Location: no Age: 47 Posts: 1,446	furball erm havent heard that term used in that context before i assume u mean a mass of jumbled opinions or someat? like all my posts basically [img]tongue.gif[/img] and yeah you want to know who your talking to of course we all do, i want to know as well but in a debate its better not to know so that everyone is on equal ground: eg if i happened to be a 14 year old who had gone through alot in my life but was also mature for my age and had a lot of very good opinions i would feel VERY upset if someone discounted my posts merely due to my age and the assumption i knew little compared to them because of it, assumption is the mother of all f... ups [img]tongue.gif[/img] for my age i been through alot and experienced alot compared to so many of my friends, some have never even left the country which to me is a bit insular, their choice, but travelling opens your mind alot. I would be very annoyed if a 40 year old started saying he knows more than me or has experienced more than me on a said subject just because hes 40 and im 24, so you see why some people prefer not to post age or location etc. now knowing what i know of you so far im pretty sure you'd take that 14 year old on the value of his posts and not his age because you seem to reason an argument before you reply, therefore contradicting what you said [img]tongue.gif[/img] thats just my opinion and say im wrong if you will, but i feel you'd be reasonable when dealing with someone like that and not automatically discount them because of age.