Not to turn this into another huge shit storm, but...
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> The problem is that people like you and Ultima, and on occasion myself, tend to insult people not based on whether their opinion was well stated or factual or counterfactual or whatever, but simply because we don't like what they're saying.
Not... quite. I will insult someone if I think their opinion, if it is one that can be formed based on empircal or quantitative data, is stupid. Moreover, when someone repeatedly brings forth said stupid opinions, that's when I start throwing out the insults. If someone brings out an opinion that's equivalent to "The World if flat", despite my pointing out to them all evidence to the contrary, that's when I unload on your ass. It usually takes a while to get to that point though, my recent tirade on the Ballad notwithstanding.
> So people like Little Mac, who might actually have something to offer the debate are scared by the cynical bastardom.
I don't know about Aodd, but I seriously doubt Little Mac has ever been afraid of me. And if he is, he shouldn't be. ^_^