I didn't dodge. In a forum like this, the layman comes here to listen to the pundits. But if you're trying what Socrates did, do you think it's working here?
BTW 12.01 am. Need some sleep. Later.
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BTW 12.01 am. Need some sleep. Later.
I'm not trying to be Socrates, I just asked a simple question and you still haven't answered it. And if this forum is just laymen listening while pundits talk, that's a monologue, not a discussion. Nobody comes to a forum to be lectured at, they come to exchange views, which means questions are part of it, not against it
IQ කියන්නෙ මොකක් ද බන්, බුද්දිය ද ?
- බුද්ධිය මනින එක විධියක් (සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම නිවැරදි නොවුණත්)
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- රටට වෙච්ච දේවල හැටියට මෙහෙම තියෙන එක ගැන සතුටු වෙන්න ඕනේ. 1970 ගණන්වල ඉඳලා terrorist/civil wars, terrorist attacks, weather issues (tsunami, flooding,...)... ඒ ඔක්කොටම වඩා රට ඇතුළෙම ඉන්න කකුලෙන් අදින කුහක නායකයෝ.
- ගොඩක් රටවල් ගොඩ ගිහින් තියෙන්නේ හරියට වැඩ කරපු නායකයෙක් හෝ දෙන්නෙක් හින්දා. Singapore - Lee Kuan Yew, Malaysia - Mahathir Mohamad, China, South Korea......
- Europe/USA ගොඩක් දුරට rich උනේ Asia/Africa/South American colonies වල money වලින්.
රත්තරන් ල, චාමර සම්පත් ල පාර් ලිමේන්තු එන්නෙ කොහොමද ?
- චාමර සම්පත් නෙමෙයි, පොල් ලෙල්ලක් දැම්මත් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට එන්න පුළුවන්, මෝඩයෝ ටිකක් චූන් කළාම. මොකද හැම රටකම මෝඩයෝ යම් ප්රතිශතයක් ඉන්නවා. මොළයක් තියෙන උනුත් මෝඩයන්ට අන්දන්න පුළුවන් මේ වගේ රටවල දේශපාලුවෝන්ට.
හැබැයි මේකෙන් අදහස් වෙන්නේ නෑ එක කොටසක් හැමදාම මෝඩයෝ, අනික් අය හැමදාම බුද්ධිමත් කියලා. අපි try කරන්න ඕනේ අපේ මෝඩ වැඩවලින් ඉගෙනගෙන, ඒවා පුළුවන් තරම් නොකර ඉන්න උත්සාහ කරන එක......
But don't you think that when someone walks in under the banner of pundit he's different from the layman? Sure the laymen discuss among themselves but with a pundit present, they expect nuggets of wisdom. To that extent, I have answered your question (with apologies to SocratesI'm not trying to be Socrates, I just asked a simple question and you still haven't answered it. And if this forum is just laymen listening while pundits talk, that's a monologue, not a discussion. Nobody comes to a forum to be lectured at, they come to exchange views, which means questions are part of it, not against it
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Sure, a pundit brings expertise. nobody is disputing that. But 'nuggets of wisdom' don't require banning questions. Doctors, lawyers, teachers are all experts too, and none of them stop asking questions just because people expect answers from them. Asking is often how they arrive at the right answer.But don't you think that when someone walks in under the banner of pundit he's different from the layman? Sure the laymen discuss among themselves but with a pundit present, they expect nuggets of wisdom. To that extent, I have answered your question (with apologies to Socrates
And no, you still haven't answered it. you've just repeated that pundits are supposed to hand out wisdom. That's restating your original claim, not explaining what actually stops one from asking a question. Those are two different things.
So, coming to what triggered a response from me, you already had the right opinion about corporal punishment, but you were asking questions in order to correct the general user?
I have answered your question, but you are looking for a yes or no answer it seems. Language is a beautiful thing don't you think
"Language's beautiful, sure, but it's not a license to dodge with vibes instead of a straight answer. And yeah, I asked questions while having an opinion, that's not a contradiction, that's literally how discussion works. You ask, you listen, you push back, then you make your point. That's not 'correcting' people, that's engaging with them.So, coming to what triggered a response from me, you already had the right opinion about corporal punishment, but you were asking questions in order to correct the general user?
I have answered your question, but you are looking for a yes or no answer it seems. Language is a beautiful thing don't you think
Still stands: nothing actually stops a pundit from asking questions. You still haven't named a single real reason just kept saying pundits should answer questions instead of asking questions, which isn't the same thing
I didn't say it's a contradiction, but if you already had an opinion and wanted to have a socratic discussion then what I said makes sense: you're a pundit, and why not sell your merchandise straight away."Language's beautiful, sure, but it's not a license to dodge with vibes instead of a straight answer. And yeah, I asked questions while having an opinion, that's not a contradiction, that's literally how discussion works. You ask, you listen, you push back, then you make your point. That's not 'correcting' people, that's engaging with them.
Still stands: nothing actually stops a pundit from asking questions. You still haven't named a single real reason just kept saying pundits should answer questions instead of asking questions, which isn't the same thing
However, I know that the confusion started from my statement about stupidity of the pundit which I said in derision, sarcastically, not knowing that you would take it literally. But then, without bothering to state a few more "insults"
, I rode along that line. But it seems that we are stuck in a never ending loop.
"Fair enough! I am glad we got there. Just to close the loop: nothing actually stops a pundit from asking questions, sarcasm or not, that's the point I was making from the start. Good chat thoughI didn't say it's a contradiction, but if you already had an opinion and wanted to have a socratic discussion then what I said makes sense: you're a pundit, and why not sell your merchandise straight away.
However, I know that the confusion started from my statement about stupidity of the pundit which I said in derision, sarcastically, not knowing that you would take it literally. But then, without bothering to state a few more "insults"
A decent chat, a rare thing in this forums. lol. Not a single insult used (after my initial jab), and much different from what you write under your main account. And we hijacked the thread too! haha"Fair enough! I am glad we got there. Just to close the loop: nothing actually stops a pundit from asking questions, sarcasm or not, that's the point I was making from the start. Good chat though
I appreciate that
same here, rare to have one that doesn't devolve. Good sport about the initial jab too.Curious though
what makes you say i have a main account here ? Which one are you thinking of ? can you mention the name of it ?I respond to any thread that interests me, with on exception - the threads in Sinhala which have English words written in English script. So I think it shouldn't (and actually doesn't) really bother me that anyone has multiple accounts. I am not 100% sure but I think I know. But let's leave it out. What's in a name. lol.I appreciate that
Curious though
Fair enough! 'what's in a name' works for me too. Though if you're not fully sure, it might just be a case of mixing me up with someone else, worth keeping in mind. Anyway, this was a genuinely good exchange, appreciate you engaging properly
