The importance of intelligent debate

[Dain]

I thought that some of the discussions had good, interesting points in them, even though they got a bit heated (though it is hard to tell sometimes, to read tone into text). Things may get said over and over again, but usually by different people. Some people just want to chime in and express their view on the subject, which I can understand and accept, and then go back to reading the dialogue that is going back and forth. It's usually the one-time posts that disrupt the debate, but with subjects like these films, people like to get their feelings off the chest, and I think that's fine--I read, and get a sense of how many people thing this or that, then I go on. <P>I think some of the discussions (esp. "An atrocious film...") became an attempt for each side to explain themselves to the other, and while that's not exactly intelligent debate, and there won't be many changed opinions, it is enlightening to read a thoughtfully constructed reason why somebody liked/hated the films that you hated/liked or whatever the subject was. At least, I thought so. If you don't like the level of the discussion, don't read it--I avoid subjects I know I won't like reading. I also wish the discussion to be a little lighter in tone, and less repetative, but with so many different people with opinions it isn't easy. Anyway, here's hoping for a kindler, gentler future...