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Given, that debating is pedantic mental masturbation.
clzoomer- a bit woobly Started conversation Jul 2, 2003
...or not.
In any case, although I am seldom on line lately, sign me up as the idiot savant with flashes of pure stupidity.
Given, that debating is pedantic mental masturbation.
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Jul 2, 2003
Oh, and I am a firm believer in the idiocy of the lineal *left/right* description of politics and an agnostic since the only form of beliefs I have ever been attracted to are some of the Gnostic scripts uncovered in past centuries and my father's firm belief that we only live on in the good and bad we do to people and how that affects them and they affect the next generation.
Given, that debating is pedantic mental masturbation.
Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit Posted Jul 2, 2003
Well then, since we're being pedantic... you're in the wrong forum!! And where are your political/religious/philosphical labels? 
It's over here: F124615?thread=279111
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Joe Otten Posted Jul 3, 2003
Depends on how you do it. This forum is not for garnering votes, so perhaps people will refrain from petty point scoring a little more than usual.
Rational discussion brings benefits to understanding, and debating can be rational, particularly when there is little personally at stake.
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Flake99 Posted Jul 3, 2003
Debate is to mental masturbation what lifting weights is to bicep masturbation.
By walking down the street am I performing some kind of feet masturbation?
Given, that debating is pedantic mental masturbation.
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Jul 3, 2003
Well, I know this is the wrong forum, but since someone took the bait as it were, I have to respond.
The interplay of minds represented by two opposing points of view is indeed more of exercise than purely for pleasure, but the addition of *pedantic* was the key to the question. For a pedant, the exercise itself is a form of pleasure, mental masturbation indeed. At the same time there are people who exercise for the pleasure/pain of it if not for the pleasure the results bring, so it again is a form of *self abuse* (as the phrase goes). Walking to get from one place to another is practical locomotion, but power walking for instance or walking for exercise is to increase health and thereby pleasure.
Given, that debating is pedantic mental masturbation.
Joe Otten Posted Jul 4, 2003
Right, so pedantic debating is mental masturbation.
OK, you can have that.
Given, that debating is pedantic mental masturbation.
Sol Posted Jul 4, 2003
Yes, and so the next question raised is that is that kind of way of deriving enjoyment actually a Bad Thing? I mean, your choice of words is obviously intended for us to read it as a bad thing, but could we not have said 'given that debating is a pleasant way to pass a few hours by yourself without even needing the assistance of tissues to clean the mess up'? Although I'm not sure you can debate by yourself, can you?
Given, that debating is pedantic mental masturbation.
Joe Otten Posted Jul 4, 2003
OK, so pedantic debating is like safe sex.
How on earth did we get here? 
Given, that debating is pedantic mental masturbation.
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Jul 4, 2003
I don't know but just debating like this has left me with a strong desire for an 
and a cigarette, and I don't even smoke!
Given, that debating is pedantic mental masturbation.
creachy Posted Jul 18, 2003
i think debating with ones-self is better known as 'reasoning'.
Given, that debating is pedantic mental masturbation.
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Jul 22, 2003
That seems reasonable.
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Sol Posted Jul 23, 2003
'reasoning is pedantic mental maturbation'?
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- 3: Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit (Jul 2, 2003)
- 4: Joe Otten (Jul 3, 2003)
- 5: Flake99 (Jul 3, 2003)
- 6: clzoomer- a bit woobly (Jul 3, 2003)
- 7: Joe Otten (Jul 4, 2003)
- 8: Sol (Jul 4, 2003)
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