saerleiya said:
I'm not talking about 'ganging-up' against someone. I want to clarify: even if you are simply expressing what you think about the matter, that fact it's piling up can be rather harsh even if it's not meant to be like that. Even if they are not harsh at first, words are here to stay, and after several readings they can be interpreted in a very different way from their original meaning.
How they get interpreted really isn't the responsibility of the poster, and shouldn't be a consideration (at least, not an important one) to the poster when posting. It's a public debate; there's really no reason not to enter so long as you're not "putting someone down," which no one here was doing.
saerleiya said:
Just to warn you:
technology4617 said:
Also
OldClassicGamer said:
No.
technology4617 said:
OldClassicGamer said:
You guys can boon as much as you want but he is awesome.
OK, then.
Maybe we should simply remove "heavily" because, yes, you did stand good points, but these ones were actually unnecessary to my mind.
Well, yeah, that's what we call icing. While it might not be "necessary," mild jabs and witty comments are a perfectly natural thing, and are often an integral part of your general tone (as was the case here). I speak my mind, and make little effort to censor myself to a great extent, like most everyone here.
saerleiya said:
Rest is fine, but what bugged me is that you seemed to pick up every little thing you disagree with in OCG's posts to put a simple sentence to answer them and show that they are irrelevant without arguing that much, and not adding everything new to the debate.
That's a form of arguing that I often use in situations like these. If this was a more philosophical discussion where my view was less objective and more thought-provoking, I might have approached it differently, but in the case of a pretty unjustified "controversial" statement, this is a completely fine way of going about it.
Also, if a point can be shot down by nothing more than a single sentence, it tends to not be a very good one.
saerleiya said:
It is not personnally against you, but there is a real difference at this level between your post and the others'.
Undoubtedly, since, as individuals, we approach these sorts of arguments differently, as can be seen if you look at the differences in tone in all those who decided to add to the discussion. I suppose my tone here could be looked at as nasty at a glance, but it doesn't ever actually venture into the point of being such. It's perfectly justified; legitimate problem, legitimate consequences. It's also admittedly somewhat hard to feel that way (though, of course, I don't actually think that), when you went and singled me out for what I in no way see as a legitimate enough reason, the aforementioned "real differences" being no greater than Adsolution and Shrooblord's posts, for example.