The point was personal, like the topic and that devil’s advocate’s mistake. I regret nothing about putting the argument that way other than you feeling the sharpness of it, scornful downvotes or no.
Oh, I know. No complaints. What good are useless Internet points if you never use them? As for good arguments never being personal, my intuition is that rule of thumb may not hold true, especially in personal subjects. One might as well claim good arguments can only be abstract, but never concrete.
The point was personal, like the topic and that devil’s advocate’s mistake. I regret nothing about putting the argument that way other than you feeling the sharpness of it, scornful downvotes or no.
Isn't the point of a good argument not to make things personal? As for the scornful down votes, I had no part in that.
Oh, I know. No complaints. What good are useless Internet points if you never use them? As for good arguments never being personal, my intuition is that rule of thumb may not hold true, especially in personal subjects. One might as well claim good arguments can only be abstract, but never concrete.