(04-30-2015, 11:59 PM)Edvyn Wrote:(04-30-2015, 11:59 PM)Bopdoot Wrote: >_< I feel like quoting and nitpicking people never seems to help the discussion..but it may just be me.isn't that exactly how discussion works though?
Not really though. I mean I have no idea wtf Flynt is talking about regardless, but nitpicking individual bits is a bad way to discuss things.
An argument is like a complete thing, you need to attack the entire beast. Pulling specific sentences out and tearing them apart ignores the context in which they were written. For example: ( I don't necessarily agree with this point)
"Marriage is an economic and legal matter more than a romantic one. I oppose gay marriage, and feel that going down the road to allow it is wrong and a waste of time. Marriage should be controlled by religious institutions, and not dictated by the government. However the legal, tax, and benefits of marriage should instead be transferred to civil unions, and be a completely secular manner."
Someone could pull out, " I oppose gay marriage, and feel that going down the road to allow it is wrong and a waste of time. Marriage should be controlled by religious institutions, and not dictated by the government"
And tear that apart, a statement which by itself, does not really represent the argument that paragraph is making.
