[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

No worries Kirk.

Look I'm sure you do and I'm sure I can probably guess who, in your opinion are the main culprits, I could also guess that all these culprits are on the "otherside"

My only advice which will no doubt be ignored is to ignore posts that you think have crossed the line from debating the topic to insulting a poster and report it, there needs to be at least two people involved to have an argument

Thank you Niamh. You ARE right of course.

I am not bum-licking, but I have always found you to be fair and friendly, so I REALLY do respect your opinion.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

IMO the major problem (and the one that leads to all of what you're saying here) is that there are very few people here who actually want any sort of academic discussion; i.e. a back and forth of "maybes" to lead to some sort of conclusion. Everybody starts with their conclusions already set in concrete, a whole bundle of suppositions, prejudices, and confirmation biases (confirmation bias makes up something like 75% of new thread topics in the first place; this one being a stellar example.)

These things are posted repeatedly simply for the "fun" of bashing the bricks together until one breaks or they both crumble.

In short: There are no debates nor discussions. And yes it is quite depressing, and boring.

There is a serious lack of "middleground" I think, it's either 100% one way or 100% the other

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Thank you Niamh. You ARE right of course.

I am not bum-licking, but I have always found you to be fair and friendly, so I REALLY do respect your opinion.

Thanks Kirk. Look SDs has always gone through periods like this, i guess it's inevitable when peoples personalities clash and we get close to some people and very eh.....unclose to others The current Political climate around the world is very divisive at the moment too and it seems to be if you're not on my side you're against me and all I stand for sort of thing? Me personally i feel like I'm somewhere in the middle with it all