When do you feel you've WON an argument?

Great Debates
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The first time my opponent mentions the word “Hitler,” “Nazi,” or “fascist” (when debating something a topic other than Germany in the 1930s or 1940s).

42

either “something” OR “a topic”–your choice.

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SentientMeat and others: true, winning is not the point

Some of the things I try to learn in a debate are:

  1. Where do we agree and disagree (this is not always as obvious as it may seem on the surface)
  2. Which points can we agree are facts
  3. Which points are opinions that can be explored in detail, which usually provides insight into bias, point of view, goal, etc.
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I believe you are attempting to start an argument.

:smiley:

45

Lets get real here! You know you have won a arguement when your adversary turns over all his belonging, including his women, to you. He then drinks rat poison to prove how sorry he is to have argued with you in the first place. People know I demand this in writting before I enter into a discussion and NO ONE ever wants to argue with me. Course…I don’t really KNOW anyone…as I don’t seem to have any friends…sigh…

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  • me.
47

I feel I’ve won when Lekatt enters the argument, and I know I’ve won when he stops.

48

When my opponent is backed into a corner, where he has no choice but to concede, contradict himself, make an argument that has already been refuted, or quit.

49

Used to be that when the other person stopped contradicting me and just remained silent while I was still rambling on, I’d won. Or so I thought. But, alas, this can be a tragic misconception. Sometimes it just means the other person is tired of the bickering, has given up on the ongoing argument, and decides to be the bigger person. I think one mistake people make is flattering themselves by interpreting another person’s silence as automatic agreement.

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Now that’s winning an argument! :wink:

51

You’ve confused war with argument…

They’re not quite synonyms. Yet.

HTH

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Hey as one trained somewhat in logic, I know what an argument is… but if the other guy makes it a war, then it’s perfectly fair for me to claim what it mine by right of conquest after.

The Pringles… the Pringles are all mine! Bwahaha!!

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Huh? Pringles?

Must be an Idaho thing…

:smiley: