The fact that so much steam has been channeled into questions of who wins and who loses a discussion is prima facie evidence that the participants are unduly preoccupied with being right by making others wrong. This is very primitive logic, indeed--a sort of semantic brutishness that is both ineffective and unbecoming.

I recommend a close study of the posts of the late Rick Fielding and an emulation of his spirit of good-hearted conversation as a substitute for small-minded quibbles and efforts to dominate, which are a glaring waste of time.