11th September 2003, 1:38 AM
That's an odd philosophy... I mean, some things are NOT worth fighting for ya know. Do you start fights all the time over "honor" like some street punk by any chance? You need to know when it's smarter to back down. It's often a lot less honorable TO defend your viewpoint, MUCH less honorable in fact. It's called "turning the other cheek". Do you believe that by not defending your point you are somehow admitting defeat? Come on now. The challenger has no right to determine what constitutes defeat unless you agree to those terms, like "if you don't say anything it means I'm right". Such a statement is pure idoicy. They have no authority to make such a rule after all, so you can totally ignore it and it won't mean a thing.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)