17th March 2003, 12:39 AM
I do believe we used to just state opinions, different as they were, and just end it there. At some point we actually decided to start convincing others of our opinions, and yes I was a part of that. I'm stopping now. Now, I shall simply state my opinion and if someone says "but you see you are a moron because" I'll just ignore it.
"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)