I know what you're saying, but debate generally consists of two things. One -- facts. Two -- logic.DeathBecomesYu wrote:
If you live your life based solely on facts, then its a pretty awkward/ careful existence. A lot of things happen based on someone's gut feelings. A lot of decisions come down to that basic instinct. Good and bad comes from it but to not take risks because you don't have facts on EVERYTHING could hurt many others in the long run. Sometimes you have to do what you have to do based on what you know or feel, whether they are factual or not.
Do i need facts to know a piece a pizza is fattening...no, common sense tells me that. Do I need to read the facts about a gun (its fire rate, its caliber) to know that if I put that gun to my head and squeeze the trigger that it might kill me, no, a lot of things tells me that. Of course knowledge plays a part in our lives but its not the end all and be all of everything. Nice to have facts, but you have to depend on yourself to put those facts together with a multitude of other factors, luck, common sense, gut feelings, courage...etc. I wont live my life basing everything on facts...that existence would be boring as hell. There are a lot of people who know tons and tons of facts but are the most naive people when it comes to life.
Some of the greatest military minds in history (Alexander the Great, William Wallace...etc, etc.) What if they fought battles strictly on facts. On many occasions they were outnumbered 3 or 4 to 1. If they lived in facts, they would have walked the other way. But because they used other factors (their own brain power --no hyperlinks..LOL, wisdom, courage and yes knowledge of their enemy and their own army and what they were capable of....they won those battles. Facts are not everything and they won battles because they ignored the facts.
As someone else said here...this is a debate section and honestly, i will rarely post a link of any kind to back up what I say. I don't care if you believe in what I say or not. I live my life to a high moral code, I treat others with respect and I give of myself when I can to help others. When I go to the grave, whether it be tomorrow or 50 years from now....I will have the knowledge that I did my best and be happy.....and that's a fact....LOL!
Some of what you just posted is logic, but you made a statement earlier that you thought all media was "very liberal." Now, while I have to admit that Hunter has posted some facts to back up his assumptions, you haven't. This is why your argument isn't very strong.
I don't take an issue with Hunter's facts, but I do take issue with his logic. This gives rise to debate.
You're not using logic or facts to back up your argument about the media, so it's kind of hard for me to debate with you on this topic.
Still, I will agree that some of life's choices are based on instinct, but in order to hone your critical thinking, you need to keep an open mind. That's not just liberalism, that's logic.
