"Real" ringworlds

Fyron · #1 May 22nd, 2003, 10:34 PM

Yes I know. That is why I did not respond to most of his post.

minipol · #2 May 22nd, 2003, 11:16 PM

yeah seems like Fyron is going to boldly go where no poster has gone before: over 6000 Posts

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 May 23rd, 2003, 08:46 AM

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My "definition" includes all common usages of the term faith. You are just brushing off all but the one that fits your agenda.

is this another one of our useless arguments? because i thought you where brushing off my defintion because it doesn't fit your opinion. and i read your post on faith the first time i read that page, which was before you asked me to. i do not deny you your opinion of the defintion of faith, it just isn't mine. therefore, i have no need to contradict your defintion, only to post my defintion, which i have done.

Fyron · #4 May 23rd, 2003, 09:46 AM

Do not try to defend your refusal to allow for the possibility of being wrong by brushing off the meanings of words as opinions. They are certainly not matters of opinion, and trying to claim that they are only hurts your points. You can not simply ignore some of the meanings of a word, picking and choosing the ones that you like best. This is what would be required to be allowed if they were merely matters of opinion.

I did not "brush off" your definition of faith, I clearly stated that your definition was limited and inadequate. "Mine" (in quotes because it is not actually "mine", it is the real definition) includes the narrow meaning which you place on faith as well as the other broader meanings of the word. Language is not nearly as narrow as you seem to think it is. Nearly all "complex" words (ie: not simple words like "one" or "cat") have many shades of meaning other than what a dictionary places on them.

dogscoff · #5 May 23rd, 2003, 09:56 AM

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Edit: 'Scoff is just baiting you.

No I wasn't.

Actually, I really wasn't. I was just joining in the spirit of debate that has dominated the Last few pages of this thread.

Fyron · #6 May 23rd, 2003, 10:00 AM

Sorry... I was just trying to get Narf to actually read and respond to my post if he was going to contradict me instead of spouting off the same thing over and over again...

Aloofi · #7 May 23rd, 2003, 10:59 PM

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Originally posted by minipol:
yeah seems like Fyron is going to boldly go where no poster has gone before: over 6000 Posts

I'm telling ya, he gotta be cheating somehow.
Come on Fyron, tell us your trick!!
I promise you ti's not gonna getta outta herear.

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Edit: He got 6008 already!!!

[ May 23, 2003, 22:00: Message edited by: Aloofi ]