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Originally posted by: jimbo
Polls taken this year show 55% of the country is opposed to gay marriage. Which is why I wonder why the other 45% of the popultation take such a majority on this site.
Polls mean nothing. There was a poll of about 50,000 people on whether they will buy the DVD come fall. Only about 15,000 said they will, with the majority of the naisayers either not care, or despise the SEs. By your reason then, this means the majority of the people either hate Star Wars, or they hate the SEs. You keep pointing out that the discs are flying off the perverbial shelf, so that proves that the poll only represents a small portion of the community. It's like how the majority of the American people are liberal, yet due to the vocal conservative minority(especally the mostly conservative media) one would believe otherwise.
This leads me to this question based on your above statement then. Why are you on this forum? If you believe the overwelming majority disagrees with you, why stay? It's like an anime fan on a board full of people who despise anime. You yourself state that you wish to discuss things with people of other views, and that's fine. That is the point of a forum after all; to share one's opinion. But your behavior appears to go deeper than that. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you enjoy arguing. You enjoy rubbing your views on others. You seem to take delight in trying to prove others wrong. Showing someone your view, while seeing their's is what should go on in any respectable forum. You seem to want to maliciously change the views of those around you. It's like the only reason you're here is to argue. That's called being an agitaitor, or troll in forum terms. We try to respect your opinion, you don't seem to want to respect ours. Of course, I could be wrong. Maybe you're a masocist. Maybe you enjoy having others argue with you to the point that it upsets you. This is another natural thing, but you'll find that having a strong negative opinion only complicates life. Pick your battles carefully, this view of yours is an uphill one, and it's not only a lost one, but an unjust one as well.
I tend to let the comments of others get to me. I don't know why I do it; after all, it's often a harmless brushoff that means nothing to the commentator. Depending on how one phases a comment, even the most simple of remarks can come off as a slam to me or anyone. The english language is quirky like that. I've been teaching myself to ignore these comments, instead looking for the true meaning behind said comments. This is why I've yet to truly rip you a new one at the moment. Arguing is a foolish waste of a man's intellect and time. Arguements held on the internet are even more worthless, as most people tend to not take a line of text seriously without the vehemence the spoken words would carry. So in the end, we are all wasting one anothers' precious time and dignity. Both sides are set in their ways, each unbending to the other's will. As such, this debate(if this can truly be called one) is a pointless one. It serves no use to this forum other then harse feelings, sharp tongues, and stinging wounds that are hard to heal. In a more public forum, this thread would have long ago been locked. In the end, we are all fools. Jimbo's a fool for picking a fight in favor of negativity. The rest of us, myself included, are fools for trying to prove him wrong, when he shows no sign of giving way to insult, threat, or, for the love of all things, reason. Since nobody will probably read this post, I'd be furture wasting my beath and time trying to stregthen my side of the arguement. As such, this will, hopefully, be my last post on the issue.
Baka Baka.