Originally posted by: MrChad
You don't seem to be replying to ANY counterarguments, let alone Amused's.
It's because I can identify a dead end when I see one.
The first few times I encounter an argument I'll spend the time to go out of the way and address it. But often the course of the argument begins to follow a worn and beaten path, where no compromise can be reached.
It's when raw emotion gets involved that the argument really goes downhill. Once one party gets emotionally charged, reason no longer applies.
Have you ever talked to a religious person about religion? There is no reasoning involved. People are too emotional about it, and they'll never see each other's view. Once you see the argument falling into the gutter and following the gutter's path, the constructive phase of that argument is over. You might as well get a bunch of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in one room and tell them to talk about religion.
