> > > you have greatly advanced this series of posts. great job.
> >
> > Personally, I think it would have been better if she posted a heap of cynical, sensationalist tripe and substituted insulting people for supporting her bizarre claims.
>
> tripe... a new, chic way to say "opinion other than mine."

HALLO SIR

MY NAME IS DAVE I WISH TO LERAN TEH ART OF DEBATE FROM YOU!

I HVE SEEN FROM UR MANY POSTS ON THIS FORAM THAT U R A SKILLED DEBATER AND I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN YOUR SECRATS. COULD YOU ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS FOR ME?

OK, FIRST, WHICH DO YOU THINK IS UR BIGGER STRENGTH, THE EXTREMELY L33T WAY YOU ESCHEW CAPITALIZTION (UNLIKE ME, i LIKES MY CAPITALS KTNX!) OR THE FACT THAT YOUR ARGUMENTS ARE PULLED DIRECTLY FROM YOUR BUM WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT OTHER THAN "MY DAD TOLD ME"? i SEE BOTH OF THESE AS STRENGTHS I JUST WONDER WHICH YOU SEE AS MORE VALUABLE IN YOUR DEBATES?

SECOND, IS IT MORE IMOPRTANT TO BE 13 YEARS OLD TO BE A SKILLED DEBATAR, OR JUST TO ACT LIKE A 13 YEAR OLD? YOU SEE i NO MANY 13 YEAR OLDS AND THEY ARE ALL EXCELLANT DEBATORS LIKE U, BUT I JUST WONDER IF IT'S REALLY THAT 13 YEAR OLDS KNOW EVERYTHING, OR IS IT JUST NECESSARY TO ACT LIKE YOU'RE 13 AND KNO EVARYTHING?

THIRD, IS IT SUFFISHINT JUST TO POST OPINION AS FACT, OR SHOULD I ALSO HAVE HALF-BAKED THEORIES ON WHY PEOPLE BEHAVE THE WAY THEY DO IN ORDER TO BE A GRATE DEBATAR?

FINALLY, WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, IS INSULT THE BEST DEFENSE? IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOUR OPINION ON THIS.

THANKS!!!!

UR FRIEND

dAVE