Gray, Eric writes:
I disagree with your statement: "Most people will resort
to personal attacks very rapidly and readily once someone else
disagrees with them." At least in the current context. I feel
that this is an overly harsh charaterization of people generally
and people in the current forum in particular.
It is one of the most consistent characteristics of all online
discussion fora. I see it again and again, everywhere, including
here. If a forum attracts people of unusually high intelligence or
has a more balanced ratio of men to women (instead of the usual
male-dominated pattern), the personal attacks might become much more
rare, but unfortunately very few cyberspace venues satisfy either of
those criteria.
There is _nothing_ that rapidly descending to the level of
personal attacks does to help resolve any of the probable causes
for disagreement.
I agree.
Consequently, I sincerely hope that most adult professionals would
not do so.
Unfortunately, many "adult professionals" are just as prone to it as
schoolchildren.
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