What defines a person?

[SpeedZealot369]

I've been having an argument with my girlfriend about this, wanted to see what AT users think.

I say people are defined by thier actions, my gf thinks by words(what people say).

whadaya think?

 

[wfbberzerker]

what?

 

[hans030390]

i'm pretty sure words are actions

 

[Zaitsevs]

actions mean more than words ftw

 

[YetioDoom]

It's not what I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.

 

[imported_malcontent]

Actions speak louder than words..

 

[suicidalpigeon]

words can reach farther places than a fist in the face; plus, its more versatile seeing that people sometimes absorb words differently. if thats what you mean.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: YetioDoom
It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.

 

[Fenixgoon]

parents, environment

 

[bigben]

What about the turing test? Are you trying to prove that you are not a computer???


did you guys meet on MySpace?

 

[HermDogg]

it's a mixture of both (nothing is black and white ftw!)

 

[Mo0o]

Shouldn't it be a action vs thoughts thing?

Speaking out about something is an act by itself

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: bigben
What about the turing test? Are you trying to prove that you are not a computer???


did you guys meet on MySpace?

What?

and is that second part a joke?

 

[imported_LoKe]

It's easier to say you'd do something than it is to actually do something.

Actions > Words.

 

[mugs]

I think you're both wrong.

But you are less wrong.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: bigben
What about the turing test? Are you trying to prove that you are not a computer???


did you guys meet on MySpace?

What?

and is that second part a joke?

Holy Random Blank Rows




















Batman!

 

[spidey07]

actions and actions alone.

Nothing else defines you.

 

[Ultralight]

Why is it an either-or supposition? It is far more an and/both. A person is defined by both the words they use and the behaviors they engage in, but even so that is not the total person.

 

[mugs]

emo?

 

[Manuwell]

Oh man ! Actions, words, values, whatever... you can make everything up.
What does matter is The Size !

 

[deftron]

Merriam-Webster

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: Ultralight
Why is it an either-or supposition? It is far more an and/both. A person is defined by both the words they use and the behaviors they engage in, but even so that is not the total person.

Yeah but like which one is more true then the other... thats what i mean.

 

[mugs]

Using define the same way you are using it, I would say a person's thoughts define them.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: bigben
What about the turing test? Are you trying to prove that you are not a computer???


did you guys meet on MySpace?

What?

and is that second part a joke?

Hear that? That was the sound of something going right over SpeedZealot369's head at mach 5..

 

[dguy6789]

Words, are simply that, words. Without action, words are as useless as the ambient sound they intrude upon.