QUOTE (On the edge @ Aug 1 2010, 11:49 AM)
Quite so - but that would mean accepting you'd changed your view or even that you'd got it wrong. That takes a very big mind...
Surely that is the whole purpose of debate?
If no - one ever changed their view as an outcome of debate then it and this forum are pointless.
My way of thinking has often been influenced by comments / debate on this forum and I don't mind admitting it.
I also accept that others have different (sometimes very!) views to myself but I do not resort to insult and derision because of it.
You have to respect other's views - it makes for an interesting and colourful society.