HeadingNorth Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 The fundamentals of my original question was not those who critcise spelling or punctuation, but those who just pick up on perhaps one phrase or a few words in the original post and twist it somehow into something which was never meant. Sometimes that's accidental, and just takes the thread off at a tangent from the direction the OP intended; which is perfectly fine on a discussion forum. Sometimes, people do it to try and destroy a person's entire argument by deliberately misinterpreting one part of it, or by pouncing on a trivial mistake ("you said the Bay of Pigs was in 1961 but it was actually 1962, which proves that everything you said about Castro is wrong!") because they can't actually rebut your argument. Sometimes it is just a case of genuine misunderstanding, with people objecting to what they think you meant. In which context, I'm reminded of a seminar which mentioned there being five different things that come out of any conversation, speech, or forum post: 1> What you said. 2> What you think you said. 3> What you actually meant. 4> What other people think you said. 5> What other people think you meant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 It's a form or argumentum ad straw manium. jb Quite!...You stole the words from my mouth! Ok I fibbed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splodgeyAl Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Gah! Ignore that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Sometimes that's accidental, and just takes the thread off at a tangent from the direction the OP intended; which is perfectly fine on a discussion forum. Sometimes, people do it to try and destroy a person's entire argument by deliberately misinterpreting one part of it, or by pouncing on a trivial mistake ("you said the Bay of Pigs was in 1961 but it was actually 1962, which proves that everything you said about Castro is wrong!") because they can't actually rebut your argument. Sometimes it is just a case of genuine misunderstanding, with people objecting to what they think you meant. In which context, I'm reminded of a seminar which mentioned there being five different things that come out of any conversation, speech, or forum post: 1> What you said. 2> What you think you said. 3> What you actually meant. 4> What other people think you said. 5> What other people think you meant! I suppose that's what makes it all work...as a forum But there are folk who deliberately inflame things for no other reason than they get some sort of enjoyment out of it. I looked at that link that grandad_malky posted, and I recognise quite a few of those attributes here on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbiegirl80 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I think maybe they only nit-pick when they have no reasonable argument. It's the same with name-calling - only usually used when they have nothing more intelligent to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Modding must be a thankless task sometimes. I kind of equate it to the school dinner lady in the playground, sorting out petty squabbles and the odd fight! Have you ever been in the footy section ………… ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Have you ever been in the footy section ………… removed .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacrlit Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 But a great advert for Tango. You know when you've been foxtroted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex3659 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 They are nothing but bug heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Have you ever been in the footy section ………… ......... Thankfully no!.....I have no interest in it, but I can imagine what you mean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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