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ShadeDiva -> RE: Can Polls Be Worded To Manipulate The Answers? (5/22/2004 11:47:25 PM)
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Methinks people tend to forget that *arguing* doesn't HAVE to equate being a negative thing.
So when you go and put forth that you don't wish to hear any form of *arguing* please realize that you are also basically saying you want NO discussion on the matter or topic at hand.
Main Entry: ar·gue
Pronunciation: 'är-(")gyü
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): ar·gued; ar·gu·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French arguer to accuse, reason & Latin arguere to demonstrate, prove; Middle French arguer, from Latin argutare to prate, frequentative of arguere; akin to Hittite arkuwai- to plead, respond
Date: 14th century
intransitive senses
1 : to give reasons for or against something : REASON
2 : to contend or disagree in words : DISPUTE
transitive senses
1 : to give evidence of : INDICATE
2 : to consider the pros and cons of : DISCUSS
3 : to prove or try to prove by giving reasons : MAINTAIN
4 : to persuade by giving reasons : INDUCE
synonym see DISCUSS
My biggest beef in a text format of communication is that so many folks really don't know what the words they use mean, they get a certain concept stuck in their head, and that's what they go with and don't realize exavtly what they themselves are in fact communicating.
So when folks that DO know what the words mean operate from what the other person has communicated (without realizing the other person is communicating without really comprehending what they are in fact actually *saying*) miscommunication arises and most often the people involved are talking from either the same exact side, or trying to assert something that is really just apples and oranges.
Argument is healthy, and can be a positive thing. It is an opportunity for us to be exposed to other views and make us think outside of our comfort zones. When people are discussing two different opinions, they are in fact ... arguing. Most folks use the term *debating* because there seems to be less confusion from the masses that don't seem to realize what the words they use mean. Amusingly and ironically enough - debate has far more an inherant air of negativity than the word argue does - and yet that seems to be what the masses find more ... safe.
That being said, polls IMO, are pointless, and show absolutely nothing - all they show is what the folks that take them chose - and quite often that isn't what they *really* think but wish to steer something towards whatever agenda the poll was created to help support.
I don't *do* polls, although I did this one for a lark. *chortle* Polls essentially are really quite worthless - it's more a way for poll creators to get something than it is for those who participate. BTW .... I think there should be an ADDED option, "All of the Above" or "Both" ... hehehe!
And yanno, it looks like you've been online for at least a year from your pages Marissa, that doesn't really qualify as *just coming online*! Semantics, I suppose, but still, lol.
In any case, to explain some of more common and basic abbreviations you'll find throughout the online communities:
JMO - Just My Opinion
JAT - Just A Thought
IMX - In My eXperience
FWIIW - For What It Is Worth
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble (or Honest) Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
Yanno before I continue on that vein, I'll just begin a thread for common abbreviations in it's own space, and let folks add on from there to aid newbies and neophytes.
~ShadeDiva
JMO, FWIIW.
~ShadeDiva
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