<p>But by your 1st point, it would be pretentious for me to say that I have unique finger prints. That's why I find the Merriam's definition to be superior.</p>
<p>I'm not really interested in the second point. I'm just having fun analyzing the definitions. :D</p>
<p><3, johnM.</p>
<p>Right, but it's funny that he ended up lucidly illustrating what he originally set out to disprove.</p>
<p>Man I don't miss arguments like this at all. Although I don't like my college, at least everyone is over this phase (the 'lets fight even though there isn't a point to, agnst angst angast' one).</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure arm wrestling is the only way to settle this one.</p>
<p>I confused what Esquared said with what Debaser did. Esquared was saying that I implied my superiority in what I said... Sorry, it was not you who said it. If pretentious is such a neutral word then (in your view of it), why did you feel the need to bring to my attention the fact that you felt I was pretentious? </p>
<p>Your arguments make absolutely no sense. What was I trying to disprove and how did I illustrate it? And I'd like actualy coherent sentences and arguments from you this time.</p>
<p>"Your arguments make absolutely no sense. What was I trying to disprove and how did I illustrate it? And I'd like actualy coherent sentences and arguments from you this time."</p>
<p>Are you kidding? This is high comedy. Good luck in school, kid, as you obviously fancy yourself an intellectual.</p>
<p>I think you have some serious issues to work out. </p>
<p>Do not claim that someone's argument is not legitimate when you neither understand the argument nor can you even pretend to understand it.</p>
<p>Your not answering shows me that you are ridiculous in your accusations and in your attacks.</p>
<p>I like what is intellectual. Does this make me pretentious? What have all your absurd comments done for you? Do you feel good about yourself now?</p>
<p>Actually what I said involved me explaining my thoughts on Debaser's view because you said you did not understand why he had labeled you as pretentious. I don't think you meant anything other than exactly what you said...I saw no real pretentiousness in the original post, and even if there was....I, and I'm guessing many other people, really don't give a flying ****, sweetie pie.</p>
<p>I don't really care either. His claiming that he is right is frustrating to me is all.</p>
<p>Arm wrestling sounds like a good solution to me.</p>
<p>Dude, you're delusional.</p>
<p>You are trying to counter simple statements, not by refuting them, but by offering ponderous gibberish. You peddle the art of logic, yet you don't explain why my argument made no sense (it was a simple strawman, you distorted my argument and then attacked the distortion).</p>
<p>But beyond all that, in your effort to prove that you don't act as if you're superior (WHICH I NEVER ASSERTED), you've done the opposite, with statements like:</p>
<p>"If you can give me precise flaws in my arguments then I would be extremely surprised and impressed."</p>
<p>"And I'd like actualy coherent sentences and arguments from you this time."</p>
<p>"Do not claim that someone's argument is not legitimate when you neither understand the argument nor can you even pretend to understand it."</p>
<p>"Your arguments make absolutely no sense. What was I trying to disprove and how did I illustrate it? And I'd like actualy coherent sentences and arguments from you this time."</p>
<p>So you've graduated past pretense, past superiority, and now you're being outright disingenuous. My arguments don't make sense? They're incoherent? They're worded plainly, and you offer no explanation as to why they aren't correct or coherent.</p>
<p>Having gotten to the 'is too, is not' phase of this disagreement - let me just say that you will learn to construct an argument more carefully as you proceed through the U of C (or any other fine school, for that matter). Ideally, the point of discussion should be to uncover the truth, not count coupe.</p>
<p>You mean I'll no longer have to resort to "Well, you're an Idiot Face" anymore?</p>
<p>Brilliant, Eric! I look forward to Human Being and Citizen (which of course we will take together) and your responses to arguments. :)</p>
<p>All that you have just accused me of doing is exactly what you did. You have shown nowhere that my arguments are wrong. In fact, you do not seem to deny the truth of my arguments.</p>
<p>I will ask one last time: In what way did I distort your argument? If you do not answer, I will seriously stop wasting my time on you.</p>
<p>Stop hiding behind your meaningless, fancy words.</p>
<p>And, by the way, all you have done is show that I may possibly think myself superior to you. Which, in terms of logic, I most certainly do. Never did I show (nor do I think) myself superior to anyone else or even to you in other fields.</p>
<p>E^2 - at least not with students past their first year ...</p>
<p>Not if I have anything to say about it, jean.</p>
<p>I'm impossibly immature.</p>
<p>"I will ask one last time: In what way did I distort your argument? If you do not answer, I will seriously stop wasting my time on you.</p>
<p>Stop hiding behind your meaningless, fancy words."</p>
<p>Now you're just looking for a knee-jerk reaction, because I've already detailed this in a number of posts. For your claimed superiority in logic, you seem to have trouble recognizing a simple straw man. You'll stop wasting your time on me? I don't have to undermine your assertion that you're not pretentious, you're doing a fine job of it on your own.</p>
<p>You know, we should all have a cc get together on Family Weekend in October.</p>
<p>Great idea. We must do that. Of course, my meeting Esquared will, with hope, be September 17th, when he arrives on campus...</p>