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When I was in High School I took a class on how to debate and

Following up on The whole story about the haitian that was killed, when I was in High School I took a class on how to debate and one of the things i learned was to never generalize or exaggerate in a debate.

When a person begins to generalize and exaggerate statements he loses credibility.

But not only that if your opponent is smart he can easily defeat you and make you look ignorant and uninformed.

Because anybody with enough common sense knows that any assumption that a whole group of people is alike is false.

There are always exceptions.

It's also important that the debater measures his temperament because saying unfounded statements to simply provoke your opponent reflects badly on you.

The topic is: I got cut off by Haitian embassy in D. C.
This is a reply to Msg 14813
Posted by Zac on May 27 2009 at 5:06 PM

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Linda says...

Actually the statement Tiba made, that all Dominicans are racist toward people of dark-skin, might be a bit exaggerated, however, it is not that more »

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P.z. says...

Now you're making more sense. I, too, acknowledged that bad things happens to Haitians in the DR. I never denied that. What I took offense more »

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Zac says...

when I was in High School I took a class on how to debate and one of the things i learned was to never generalize or exaggerate in a debate. When more »

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Linda says...

Actually Zac, now your on to a separate issue. We are no longer talking about if Tiba was right to generalize or not. What you have now brought more »

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Tiba says...

Zac - there is unfortunately something about debating that you missed in your debating class. No offense, but maybe you we had skipped class more »

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Zac says...

Linda i like that fact that you chose your words wisely. In reference to your examples you used the term MOST rather than ALL. Whether it's at more »

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Zac says...

Tiba from my experience whenever someone says "no offense or I don't mean to put you down", they are in fact attempting to offend you. I say more »

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Tiba says...

Zac We seem to be going around and around on this subject and it's getting very draining and exhausting. Zac, I took offense to Rush to more »

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Georges Metellus says...

We are not saying that the people in the Dominican Republic do not like Haitians.The issue is whether or not there is a judicial system in the more »

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Zac says...

Tiba let me just say that I'm a levelheaded guy. I do not say things to aggravate or attack you or anybody else for that matter. That's not what more »

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