The Hierarchy of Disagreement represented as the Argument Pyramid, with reasonably informed objections to a point-of-view at the top, and outright name-calling and insults, with little or no regard to the original discussion or debate, at the bottom.
Descending the lows of the argument pyramid
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 28 July, 2009 to the comment subset
Team of rivals? Initiative? We only hire yes men here…
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 5 December, 2008 to the comment subset
“If that lot were told to jump out the window they’d be lining up to do it”, being a line uttered by a disgruntled former colleague at a past workplace, frustrated at the apparent policy of hiring only staff who would acquiesce without question.
See now the logic in a “team of rivals”…
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Let’s drink to life’s unanswered questions…
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 21 November, 2008 to the comment subset
That’s what I would rather do, especially on a Friday, but if you’re instead on the lookout for subject matter for some decent philosophical discourse, then this list of the top ten arguments that cannot be won may make a good starting point.
To be included on this list of Arguments That Can’t Be Won, the [...]
