vaccinate your kids, or else!!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Get it? Agree to disagree (also known as saying that we both can be right)

Since when does "agree to disagree" mean the same thing as saying "we're both right"? It can just as likely (or more likely) mean "I'm right, you're wrong, you're not going to change my mind, and you're hopeless, so let's just move on."

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Since when does "agree to disagree" mean the same thing as saying "we're both right"? It can just as likely (or more likely) mean "I'm right, you're wrong, you're not going to change my mind, and you're hopeless, so let's just move on."

Mystic...

what it means to me...IMO

in some cases there can be two sides to each story.

Your experiences and mine are not similar. But we may have beliefs and facts that form different opinions on a simliar subject.

Sometimes there is no one right or truly correct way especially since there may be different ways that give a positive (or negative...depending on what you are seeking) result on tackling a problem.


I may not like your opinion, you may not like mine.

I respect that you have one and if whatever works for you gets the job done so be it.

And it may even be prudent for me to at least examine whatever it is that you are doing because I may have to change and adapt to that way of thinking or doing.


For instance.... religion

[MysticCat]

^^^ That kind of stuff works with differences of opinion. It doesn't work with facts, statistical or otherwise, which is what got this whole "discussion" started.

You can be as earnest as you like in believing, say, that the world is flat. I'll respect your right to believe that and agree to disagree on the subject of whether the world is flat or round. But only one of us will be right.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

^^^ That kind of stuff works with differences of opinion. It doesn't work with facts, statistical or otherwise, which is what got this whole "discussion" started.

You can be as earnest as you like in believing, say, that the world is flat. I'll respect your right to believe that and agree to disagree on the subject of whether the world is flat or round. But only one of us will be right.

But that was my whole point in my comment to Monet.

I wasn't basing what I said on a 'fact'

In fact...the comment that made that lead to this wasn't made to be taken seriously at all....maybe I didn't leave enough emoticons behind for certain folk to catch that I was jesting!

[AlphaFrog]

With your past history of using anecdotal evidence in academic discussions, no amount of smilies would suffice to imply you were joking.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

With your past history of using anecdotal evidence in academic discussions, no amount of smilies would suffice to imply you were joking.

Really not my fault you took it seriously.


Hey... you assumed.

[Drolefille]

Why am I not surprised that this thread hit a second page, not on a discussion of vaccination, but because we're playing the "I didn't really mean that you took what I typed seriously" game?