"Ctrl+V"ing in discussion threads should be banned!

Fenrir

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No seriously. Anytime someone creates a thread on a topic that can actually spur some nice intellectual and creative discussions, people start resorting to the tedious cut-copy-paste routine and much counter link-posting ensues. Really, what's the point of trying to start a meaningful conversation when you are too inept to express your own views without someone else doing it for you? It's one thing to use a source for referential and citational purposes, but totally another in letting them be your mouthpiece.

If I ever make such a thread, I'd want to hear what you have to say about it, not the writers of http://www.myopinionisalwaysright.com.
 
If this is an elaborate plan to prevent celldog from posting, I support your motives.

jag
 
If Ctrl + V were to be disabled in any thread, it would eliminate multiple quotes in one post..... I'm all for it.
 
Dude, you have to support your arguments.
Many Christians I know haven't even read the entire Bible.
So when I refer to the time God sent wild bears to eat little kids just because they made fun of a bald man, they of course don't believe me, because that's such a preposterous story.

So I HAVE to copy paste the exact verse for them.
I agree that I'd rather hear opinions, but in many debates/discussions, you Have to cite the sources that have helped you to form your opinion.

Such as when someone told Whirly that there's "no evidence that Mohammed married a 9 year old".

It's just not true, so opinion is not enough. He has to quote sources.
 
jaguarr said:
If this is an elaborate plan to prevent celldog from posting, I support your motives.

jag

I should make another thread about the need to ban bold text as well then.

Yay!
 
Fenrir said:
No seriously. Anytime someone creates a thread on a topic that can actually spur some nice intellectual and creative discussions, people start resorting to the tedious cut-copy-paste routine and much counter link-posting ensues. Really, what's the point of trying to start a meaningful conversation when you are too inept to express your own views without someone else doing it for you? It's one thing to use a source for referential and citational purposes, but totally another in letting them be your mouthpiece.

If I ever make such a thread, I'd want to hear what you have to say about it, not the writers of http://www.myopinionisalwaysright.com.

Fair point but counter evidence is needed. Hearing what I have to say is fine where no evidence has been cited but numbers and quotes are often needed to support a point of view, research is needed. Opinions will always be subjective though even based on evidence.

- Whirly
 
If I ever make such a thread, I'd want to hear what you have to say about it, not the writers of http://www.myopinionisalwaysright.com.[/quote]

I thought that actually be a real site lol! Incidently, those people Fenrir is speaking of have about as much content backing up their opinion as the site above.
 
Fenrir said:
I should make another thread about the need to ban bold text as well then.

Yay!
Make one about posting in all caps, or all bold, or all colour, or in essence, anything other than all normal text.
 
The funny part about some of the people who post nothing but quotes from other sites to do their arguing for them rarely actually read what they're really posting and VERY often wind up posting things that are not in support of their supposition in any way shape or form. It's entertaining if not tedious.

jag
 
Wilhelm-Scream said:
Dude, you have to support your arguments.
Many Christians I know haven't even read the entire Bible.
So when I refer to the time God sent wild bears to eat little kids just because they made fun of a bald man, they of course don't believe me, because that's such a preposterous story.

So I HAVE to copy paste the exact verse for them.
I agree that I'd rather hear opinions, but in many debates/discussions, you Have to cite the sources that have helped you to form your opinion.

Such as when someone told Whirly that there's "no evidence that Mohammed married a 9 year old".

It's just not true, so opinion is not enough. He has to quote sources.


I agree, but it should come with opinion, or to support some argument.
not just in celldog style posting article after article and then running when questioned, it seems like propaganda.
 
bunk said:
If I ever make such a thread, I'd want to hear what you have to say about it, not the writers of http://www.myopinionisalwaysright.com.

I thought that actually be a real site lol! Incidently, those people Fenrir is speaking of have about as much content backing up their opinion as the site above.

Sadly :) I like to see evidence to support a claim, subjective comments from people who are only interested in what they have to say and not evidence is not debate. They don't need http://www.myopinionisalwaysright.com because they "know" they are right already. I tried to explain this yesterday.

- Whirly
 
Mr Sparkle said:
I agree, but it should come with opinion, or to support some argument.
not just in celldog style posting article after article and then running when questioned, it seems like propaganda.
Well, he said copy/pasting should be banned.

He should've been more precise and said "celldog should be banned."
 
Whirlysplat said:
Sadly :) I like to see evidence to support a claim, subjective comments from people who are only interested in what they have to say and not evidence is not debate. They don't need http://www.myopinionisalwaysright.com because they "know" they are right already. I tried to explain this yesterday.

- Whirly

See, the problem here is people cherry-picking links and posting them to back their own opinion irrespective of the fact that they themselves know very little about the content present in such links. For example, you posted links to the "evidence" that supports your stance in your own thread, yet you most probably know very little about said "evidence" yourself outside of what you were fed to by your own source.
 
Wilhelm-Scream said:
Well, he said copy/pasting should be banned.

He should've been more precise and said "celldog should be banned."

with bold text BANNED

Celldog Should Be Banned From SHH, Urges Nutrition Author Mike Adams

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Why are students and parents so easily addicted to soft drinks? “Like with drugs and alcohol, dependency on soda’s caffeine, fizz and sweetness quickly becomes an addition,” explains Mike Adams, author of The Five Soft Drink Monsters. He goes on to point out that, “Celldog is damaging the health of our SHH children. They’re not only causing stress and anger, they’re also contributing to behavioral disorders and impaired learning ability.”
Adams’ commitment to overcoming these problems couldn’t be more timely. With the number of overweight children in the United States having tripled over the last three decades, obesity has become a national epidemic. The prevalence of calorie-packed school vending machines is just contributing to the dilemma. Adams is quick to assert that “children’s health should not be exploited for the sake of raising public education funds.” His solution: “Soda vending machines and lunch-served soft drinks should be banned. Natural juices, water or other beverages should be offered in their place.”
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Wilhelm-Scream said:
Well, he said copy/pasting should be banned.

He should've been more precise and said "celldog should be banned."

The thread title was hyperbole. Besides, I made it perfectly clear that "It's one thing to use a source for referential and citational purposes, but totally another in letting them be your mouthpiece."

OMG, I Ctrl+V'd my own post. :(
 
In the Old Testament, God said to Abraham "Thou shall CTRL+V"
 
Darthphere said:
In the Old Testament, God said to Abraham "Thou shall CTRL+V"

But he forgot to give Abraham a keyboard to do it. :(
 
this thread is bias, if crtl+v goes, then why should apple+V stay
 
Fenrir said:
No seriously. Anytime someone creates a thread on a topic that can actually spur some nice intellectual and creative discussions, people start resorting to the tedious cut-copy-paste routine and much counter link-posting ensues. Really, what's the point of trying to start a meaningful conversation when you are too inept to express your own views without someone else doing it for you? It's one thing to use a source for referential and citational purposes, but totally another in letting them be your mouthpiece.

If I ever make such a thread, I'd want to hear what you have to say about it, not the writers of http://www.myopinionisalwaysright.com.


just because you lost an argument doesn't mean you have to be a sore loser and try to bend the "rules" in your favor.... just try to suck less next time :up:
 
Lackey said:
just because you lost an argument doesn't mean you have to be a sore loser and try to bend the "rules" in your favor.... just try to suck less next time :up:

I think that sums it up.

- Whirly
 

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