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Originally Posted by canjowolf
Rhetorical questions are still rhetoric.
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My question was not rhetorical.
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Originally Posted by canjowolf
Claiming that you are only asking a question, while using a pointed question and brushing off the answers that you are being given is still arguing a point.
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My question was not pointed, I was curious why someone would defend freedom even when it conflicted with their sense of self-preservation, a most basic instinct.
I did not brush the answers off. I said, "It's answered my question well enough to get off this tangent". That is not "brushing off the answers", it's the direct opposite: I was admitting the answers are, for the scope of this thread, sufficient and my curiosity has been sated to such a degree that it's not worth further derailing it.
I still consider your five answers sufficient answer to my original question and since then have mostly been trying to fend off accusations that I'm some sort of totalitarian villain bent on world-domination and the eating of puppies.
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Originally Posted by canjowolf
If you come saying that you are curious and seeking knowledge, then do not dismiss answers out of hand as unacceptable to you and seek different answers. At least explain why those answers seem incorrect to you, in as clear a manner as you can.
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I did not dismiss the answers as unacceptable. I
accepted them, then went on to suggest we get back on topic.
And I will suggest so, again, for the umpteenth time.
Get back on topic.