25.06.2010, 11:45
I noticed, in the now locked P-51 FM topic, that some take issue with ACE's "quote-response, quote-response" style of posting.
I would just point out, that this is a standard, accepted, online debating method, wherein you reply, point-by-point, to a previous post. It's really the best way to carry on these discussions, as it relieves the reader of constantly having to scroll up to see what it was that the original poster said, that the subsequent poster is relying to.
I saw in that thread, where ACE was threatened with censorship, not for anything he wrote specifically, but simply for employing the "point-by-point" style of debate. Now if ACE is breaking some other written forum rule, then that is one thing, but surely we are not going to criticize or censure someone for employing a standard method of online debate, are we? That is just so "Old AAA" isn't it?
If someone is going to wade into a topic discussing FM's, then one should not post one's opinion without expecting a rational, point-by-point criticism of their opinion in return. If that's the case, then this entire FM comparing forum is moot. If you can't rationally defend your opinion, then you need to admit that, or not post it in the first place.
I would just point out, that this is a standard, accepted, online debating method, wherein you reply, point-by-point, to a previous post. It's really the best way to carry on these discussions, as it relieves the reader of constantly having to scroll up to see what it was that the original poster said, that the subsequent poster is relying to.
I saw in that thread, where ACE was threatened with censorship, not for anything he wrote specifically, but simply for employing the "point-by-point" style of debate. Now if ACE is breaking some other written forum rule, then that is one thing, but surely we are not going to criticize or censure someone for employing a standard method of online debate, are we? That is just so "Old AAA" isn't it?
If someone is going to wade into a topic discussing FM's, then one should not post one's opinion without expecting a rational, point-by-point criticism of their opinion in return. If that's the case, then this entire FM comparing forum is moot. If you can't rationally defend your opinion, then you need to admit that, or not post it in the first place.