I would like you to point out just a few posted threads where the originator started a thread about any subject and proceeded to give the for and against arguments that related to the subject of the thread.

It would be like posting a whole debate for and against.

That includes any where you have done that.
Philip S,
This sounds so pedantic to me, it could be right out of the mouth of a Q&A Greens panelist.

individual Like before you come back with dribble but conveniently fail to answer the stupid question you originally asked, here it is again.

what part of a comment made you make such a stupid assumption to reply with this comment Quote "have you ever been outside your suburb ?"

The original quote was made by ttbn.
Quote "People who are keen to display their findings by putting up references are only going to 'find’ references that support them. Fair enough, if they are that desperate to be 'right’. However, for every supporting reference they find, there will be one that says the opposite."

So it appears you find that okay but have objection to someone that wants it backed up and to show examples of its usage, because to me no one does it not even the person who said it.

People generally do not post links for the reason ttbn stated and his conclusions as to why defy logic.

So please direct your next reply to answering the question you were asked not trying to kowtow to ttbn by being his mouthpiece

Philip S,
because you appear more consumed with being proven right for some pedantic academic point than about finding or at least offering solutions to the problem outlined by the topic of the thread.
What's your soloution to this statement ?
Activists More Interested Own Feelings Than In Preventing Child Abuse
Mine is to cut the funding to these activists & make them work in & for their communities rather than just keep stirring the over-cooked stew at everyone's expense.

individual - Regrettably you demonstrate your ignorance again, you again refuse to answer the question.
Again.

what part of a comment made you make such a stupid assumption to reply with this comment Quote "have you ever been outside your suburb ?"

I will help you out NONE because if you read my original comment properly you will understand my question to ttbn had no relationship to this thread, it was posted there after ttbn's started the thread so the person in question would be sure to see it and after the 3rd time may answer the question.

So when you go back and read it properly, it should be clear.

You will also notice that the originator has been on the board posting on other threads but failing to reply here leaving the commenting up to you.

indvidual,

As you say. People probably think twice these days about starting a thread because, after a couple of posts, the topic is ignored and posters start up their own, irrelevant, chat - usually about themselves, but never anything to do with the topic. They should stick to playing Solitaire.

I would like you to point out just a few posted threads where the originator started a thread about any subject and proceeded to give the for and against arguments that related to the subject of the thread.
Philip S,
It really deosn't matter one iota if a thread goes all over the place because that just shows that people are concerned with more than just a single point in a discussion that can encompass a wide range of points. Normal conversations/debates will spread all over the place as they should because focussing one a single point & ignoring the wider possibilities is nothing more than pointless.