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12/23/2009, 11:37 AM
#178
 Originally Posted by torourke
I don't know much about the jargon being spouted here, but it is a very interesting thread! I've been luring for awhile, and just wanted to point out, as an aside, that every thread I've seen hparsons involved with has devolved into petty argument and semantic minutia.
Every thread? Wow... I'm floored. You've seen that in every thread. I think you're being a little hyperbolic there..
However, I see your point. The fact is, that the posts you haven noticed are those where I quitely make my point and move on (and there thousands of such posts, I've been on this forum for over six years). Even in this thread, I merely made a comment, and got Mikah's hackles up. Fact is, he started with the "name calling", I merely responded.
Unfortunately, I don't consider something like the Pre running WebOS in emulator mode to be "minutae", and I think factually incorrect statements need to be called out (imagine the hub-dub I'd get from the antipres if I were to make a comment about the Pre outselling the iPhone, and then backed it up by saying "it's only my opinion"). In this instance, I only called Mikah on it when it was repeated back as if it were an accepted fact.
 Originally Posted by torourke
Hparsons, are you this relentlessly argumentative in your non-online life? It is frustrating when a thread needlessly stalls while you engage in constant petty bickering. I know, I know, posts like this don't seem to help, but I had to get it off my chest.
Oh yes, sometimes I am (depends on what the discussion is about). As far as the stalling while "I engage in petty bickering", go back and look, it's typically with the same 3 or 4 guys. And like mama used to say, it takes two to argue.
 Originally Posted by torourke
Hparsons, you have interesting perspectives that, to me anyway, get drowned out by your condescending tone and hackles raised attitude.
OK, condescending I can agree with (sometimes it's deserving), but I really don't get my hackles up very often. There's nothing life or death here. It's a phone.
 Originally Posted by torourke
There is a difference between lively discussion and name calling. There is some merit in agreeing to disagree, without trying to take someone down piece by piece...
I seldom engage in name-calling, and when I do, it's usually in response to someone doing so first (as in Mikah's "adult conversation" swipe on this one). I know, I know, hardly full justification, but we're all human.
As far as the "lively discussion" goes, in defense of myself, go look up the posts from the few in this thread that seem to be the rabid with me. Mikah, Sivan, the Eekie guy. See how many of their posts are anything other than a rant against Palm. Compare that to the number of posts where I go out of my way to help folks.
Bottom line is this, I like this forum. have for years. I think it should be here to help each other, and even has room for constructive criticism. Constant rants, and false, misleading information, are not a part of "constructive criticism".
But, glad you like some of my stuff, that's a start
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