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Old 23-08-2003, 15:06   #1
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This is a survival guide for political discussions on web fora. Can you take some ?



- Never think before posting, it might lower your post count.


- Post anything - deny everything


- Post anything - if troubled afterwards, claim you have been inspired by God or possesed by an evil spirit or been under the influence of a psychotomimetic drug.


- If you were wrong in your post, never admit it. If the church can get away with this, you can too.


- If you were lying, never admit it. If the politicians can get away with this, you can too.


- If it is proven that we descended from the apes, keep quiet about it, so it won't become widely known.


- Post like a contemporary soldier fires a missile: fire-and-forget!


- Never read all of the post in a thread, rather start to spam, flame, insult or brag right ahead. This approach saves a lot of time. (remember: you are in for the PC)


- Never read all the posts in a thread, you might find a reasonable argument there - which to debunk would consume too much of your time. In the worst case, you might find an argument that is not to be debunked.


- Don't be more honest to your fellow posters than you are to yourself.


- Your are dealing with nothing but nicks and avatars, endlessly repeating the same sermon like chat-bots would do.


- Probably posters won't recognize you again in the next thread or remember your dull post from last week.


- Never forget to preach about your mission on earth.


- get an advertisment banner into your sig and earn some money.


- If you wanna laugh, visit the john, might be more funny than some threads.


- Responses which can't be talked away or that are asking mission-critical questions are to be ignored.


- Rely on dogma when you run out of arguments. Flaming will work too.


- A thread without a flame is no real fun.


- There is nothing like a good troll and nothing is like this. Your goal is to draw your opponent out, to make him utter a rediculous statment, thus he will look like the fool he is.


- Know the troll-threshold of your mods as you know your Ave Maria.


- Ridicule is as much a weapon as trolling is.


- Learn about the personality of your opponent, so you can hit him hard with a casual remark.


- Mimik the language of your opponent, so you can implant your views into his consciousness without him even knowing.


- Get a DL and take the stance of your opponents, discrediting their side with stupid posts.


- If you try to understand your opponent, you allow his thoughts to enter your consciousness. Never do this. Do you want someone to change the way you think?


- Anything you say, will be used against you. Therefore speak in general terms. Never talk of your private experience. This might intimidate other posters and make them think about themselves.


- Posters like to flock together in herds.


- There always will be someone who disagrees, however right you are.


- There always will be someone who agrees, even if you are wrong.


- There always will be someone who doesn't get it.


- Sometimes, this one will be you or me.


- Any thread will go Off-Topic if it only runs long enough.


- If a thread didn't go Off-Topic, it was closed or not deemed interesting by the posters.


- Don't drink and post.


- Stupid is as stupid posts.


- Ideas can be like mind-viruses.
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Old 23-08-2003, 15:59   #2
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So true, except for this one:

Quote:
quoteon't drink and post
I do however hope that my political posts can't be put in any of these categories !
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Old 23-08-2003, 18:18   #3
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quote:Originally posted by smalltalk
- Get a DL and take the stance of your opponents, discrediting their side with stupid posts.
this is my favourite
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Old 25-08-2003, 14:56   #4
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Never get me into a political discussion. On one online game I play I already have half of the forums (all of them from the USA...) baying for my blood if I ever THINK about visiting America!
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Old 25-08-2003, 16:13   #5
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Never get me into a political discussion. On one online game I play I already have half of the forums (all of them from the USA...) baying for my blood if I ever THINK about visiting America!
That's not very difficult...
Most Americans in a political disussion tend to be somewhat touchy when it comes to the short-comings of their own nations politics...
It's quite easy to step on some toes when the owner of the toes is rather predictable...
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