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Thread #157944   Message #3731608
Posted By: DMcG
19-Aug-15 - 06:07 PM
Thread Name: BS: How to have a civil debate
Subject: RE: BS: How to have a civil debate
That's important, Ed. It is terribly easy to assume we 'have the truth' so everyone who disagrees is wrong. To my mind that impoverishes the person who had the truth: people, by and large, are not stupid and so if they have a different view to you they probably have a good reason for thinking what they do. Understanding their view will not necessarily show you to be wrong - though it might - but it will almost certainly allow you to understand your own position better.