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Please review [[Conservapedia:Avoid personal remarks]] and try again on [[Al Franken]]. By the way, it's better not to use words like "rebut" or "refute" in a way that implies that a liberal is correct and a conservative is wrong, when the matter is in dispute. Maybe Wikipedia would allow that, but not us. Why not say "disagree" or "argue" instead? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 07:03, 27 May 2008 (EDT) | Please review [[Conservapedia:Avoid personal remarks]] and try again on [[Al Franken]]. By the way, it's better not to use words like "rebut" or "refute" in a way that implies that a liberal is correct and a conservative is wrong, when the matter is in dispute. Maybe Wikipedia would allow that, but not us. Why not say "disagree" or "argue" instead? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 07:03, 27 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
| + | :Because rather than just disagreeing he cites a number of sources and uses relevant arguments to make a point (one example, refuting claims that Clinton neglected the intelligence community by showing funding increases during the Clinton era etc). I'm sure it is rare, but occasionally a liberal is correct and a conservative wrong, and in these cases it is a refutation. As for personal attacks I did not intend to attack another author, I wanted to state that it seemed odd that an edit contrary to a significant portion of the material presented in the book was made if the editor had read it, and was wondering if the editor had in fact done this. I admit I could have worded it better. Have you read it? If you put politics aside it can be quite funny in some sections. [[User:StatsMsn|StatsMsn]] 07:11, 27 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
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Thanks for spell checking my religion essay. I am a really terrible speller. --Rocky
- If you want to join or start a debate, see Debate Topics when you come back. --Ed Poor Talk 07:45, 30 April 2008 (EDT)
Bang your head against a brick wall much? AdenJ 23:40, 23 May 2008 (EDT)
- Only when I'm very frustrated, as it involves me having to exit my house. In cases such as these the wood of my desk tends to be enough. StatsMsn 00:09, 24 May 2008 (EDT)
You should do what I did - I built a hand held brickwall that I keep by my desk. Its good to as I can carry around when I go to my parents house, order pizza, rent dvd's or have to call the tax department. AdenJ 01:05, 24 May 2008 (EDT)
Your edit summary
You wrote an insulting edit summary:
- you would know if you've actually read the book
Please review Conservapedia:Avoid personal remarks and try again on Al Franken. By the way, it's better not to use words like "rebut" or "refute" in a way that implies that a liberal is correct and a conservative is wrong, when the matter is in dispute. Maybe Wikipedia would allow that, but not us. Why not say "disagree" or "argue" instead? --Ed Poor Talk 07:03, 27 May 2008 (EDT)
- Because rather than just disagreeing he cites a number of sources and uses relevant arguments to make a point (one example, refuting claims that Clinton neglected the intelligence community by showing funding increases during the Clinton era etc). I'm sure it is rare, but occasionally a liberal is correct and a conservative wrong, and in these cases it is a refutation. As for personal attacks I did not intend to attack another author, I wanted to state that it seemed odd that an edit contrary to a significant portion of the material presented in the book was made if the editor had read it, and was wondering if the editor had in fact done this. I admit I could have worded it better. Have you read it? If you put politics aside it can be quite funny in some sections. StatsMsn 07:11, 27 May 2008 (EDT)