| *Sigh* I tried to back out of this thread cordially but once again you have to have the last word. You don't get the luxury this time. It's funny that someone like me who doesn't know how to debate like me was practically begged to join the debate team and would have if not for football.
I HAVE NEVER ONCE IN MY LIFE SAID ON HERE THAT USING RACE AS A SOLE QUOTA OR NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND IS THE RIGHT THING. Hopefully that large print will help you read it because I fear you suffer from dsylexia. Go look back at that thread.....your using homosexuality and comparing it to race is what I called foolish...never did I say using race quotas was a good thing. However it's comparing apples to oranges. The fact that you suggested that these two things are equivalent was why I made that response.
If you are debating and the entire basis of one's argument are anecdotes then one is clearly fighting an uphill battle. Notice how I said I use personal anecdotes when people use overgeneralizations and then I give examples to contradict that. Also, I point to numerous others from different parts of the country whom I know that also contradict these claims. I often use my retired uncle as an example because he is well versed in academia. He taught at and was an admissions officer at Syracuse University....he also was head of an entire district in Little Rock, Arkansas after he left Syracuse. I believe using him as a direct source of information is legitimate. As how Alexandre can be considered a legitimate source of information on here.
Also I find it comical that for all your claims on how I debate (which I rarely do on this messageboard) that you have failed to provide these numerous examples. I even gave you a bone and listed one myself. I have always abided by the parable. "Don't argue with fools because people from a distance can't tell who is who". For all you claims of how I debate all you ever do is provide drastic examples or comparisons that can't be taken seriously. Notice how in that thread I was the only one who took the time to respond to you. Though I garner that you are a logical human your statements on here are not doing you justice....because if you would sit back and look you would realize we are not too different of opinion.
As for being ruled by emotion and being subjective...this is your most ridiculous claim. Now all of a sudden you are a psychologist diagnosing why I act as I do. In one my essays for the University of Michigan.....I sat down and said there shouldn't be a black history month. Despite where I have grown up....there has always been a diversity of people and opinions surrounding me. Which is why I am probably de-sensitized(sp?) to a lot of things other might be offended by. I don't come from the South Bronx where I only interact with one type of person. The only thing I can attribute to where I am from in my responses to you is when I or one of my friends say something the others feel is stupid we let them know it.....we still hear them out after........and we can all joke about it.
Now dead this and save further responses for PMs. Sorry for interrupting this thread everyone. |