Who Are the More Reasonable RFers?

[Saint Frankenstein]

Good, you generally agree with the eleven other names, which sort of vindicates me.
I was talking generally about Hindu forum, you too have always been reasonable.

Haha, good point. There were lots of good choices there. And, thanks.

 

[Rival]

A common complaint about the internet is that the lunatics get all of the attention because they are the noisiest. I think there's some truth to that -- even if it isn't perfectly true. So I'm starting this thread to call a wee bit of attention to some other people -- the "more reasonable" folks.

Near as I can figure, folks are not born reasonable -- they have to work at it. Any slacker can be a lunatic, but it takes an effort to be more or less reasonable. So I think more or less reasonable folks deserve a bit of recognition, too.

Bearing in mind that no human is perfectly reasonable, and that all of us humans are stubborn beasts a good portion of the time, who would you say are the more reasonable RFers?

I don't mean "more reasonable" when compared to other RFers -- all RFers are above average when it comes to being reasonable (of course, I might be biased about that). Instead, I mean more reasonable than the human norm.

By "reasonable", I mean most likely to be persuaded by well reasoned argument up to and including changing their minds when presented with a weight of good reasons for doing so.

One thing I do NOT mean by "reasonable" is "agreeable". Several of the folks on my list of more reasonable RFers are people I sometimes -- to very often -- find myself in disagreement with. But that doesn't make them any less reasonable.

Here's my list --- with the twin caveats that (1) I ain't got enough brains anymore to remember everyone, so some people who deserve to be included are sure to be left out, and (2) these are just my opinions, and I do not claim my opinions to be infallible.

In no particular order:

@Vouthon
@Vinayaka
@SalixIncendium
@Sakeenah
@ADigitalArtist
@Valjean
@sayak83
@Quetzal
@Mister Emu
@Augustus
@adrian009
@Kangaroo Feathers
@Woberts
@Debater Slayer
@danieldemol
@ChristineM
@Rival
@Godobeyer
@Vee
@fantome profane
@Jaiket
@Curious George
@Audie
@atanu
@Shiranui117
@Polymath257
@sun rise
@LuisDantas
@lewisnotmiller
@Altfish
@David1967
@Terese

This can't be all of RFs more reasonable folks, though, so who else?

This list triggers me because it's not in alphabetical order.

 

[Sunstone]

This list triggers me because it's not in alphabetical order.

Try thinking of it as akin to interpretive dance.

 

[Rival]

Try thinking of it as akin to interpretive dance.

Naftali is OK with that.

 

[Audie]

You, @Sunstone .

OMG I just agreed with Hockeyc.!

 

[Sunstone]

OMG I just agreed with Hockeyc.!

 

[Woberts]

Nice! I'm on the list!
(Wow. I never thought I would say that.)

 

[Sunstone]

Nice! I'm on the list!
(Wow. I never thought I would say that.)

By pure coincidence, it's the same list I use to solicit donations to Uncle Sunstone's Home for Wayward Dancing Girls. Expect daily fund-raising emails beginning in January....

 

[BSM1]

I don't think anyone should take my failure to mention them as conclusive evidence that I don't count them reasonable. It could be that, but on the other hand, my memory just ain't what it used to be.

Well that's certainly reasonable.

 

[Thief]

By pure coincidence, it's the same list I use to solicit donations to Uncle Sunstone's Home for Wayward Dancing Girls. Expect daily fund-raising emails beginning in January....

I KNEW it...!!!!!

this thread was driven by monetary gain and corruption!

 

[Rational Agnostic]

Well, you're pretty reasonable even though I disagree with you frequently. Would also include @Subduction Zone and @Revoltingest . And myself of course, though I don't post that regularly.

 

[Thief]

@Revoltingest ......

you would include a haggis eater on a list of reason?

 

[Revoltingest]

Well, you're pretty reasonable even though I disagree with you frequently. Would also include @Subduction Zone and @Revoltingest . And myself of course, though I don't post that regularly.

@Revoltingest ......

you would include a haggis eater on a list of reason?

I thank you guys.
And while I find many reasonable
posters here, I'll not add to the list.
I'm not a fan of such threads.
They suggest cliques & exclusion.
That's just my personal view.
Reasonable posters know who they are.
They don't need me to name them.
And some of the unreasonable posters
are the most interesting conversationalists.

 

[Thief]

you don't win often.....so.....
there you go

 

[icehorse]

It would be interesting to add a new frubal category. Something like: "I see your point and it's caused me to revise my thinking".

Then we could actually tally up reasonable-ness as the OP defines it.

 

[Thief]

how about a candle?

you have seen the light

 

[YmirGF]

Reasonableness is so fricken over-rated!

It would be interesting to add a new frubal category. Something like: "I see your point and it's caused me to revise my thinking".

Then we could actually tally up reasonable-ness as the OP defines it.

Or conversely, one that says, "You painful point making exercise managed to make me spit an entire mug of coffee on my flat screen! Thanks!"

 

[oldbadger]

Ha ha @Revoltingest ! You're not on the reasonable list....... he he!
Ummmm....hang on........ nor am I ...... Hey!

 

[Revoltingest]

Ha ha @Revoltingest ! You're not on the reasonable list....... he he!
Ummmm....hang on........ nor am I ...... Hey!

Ain't we a pair.

 

[Audie]

Ain't we a pair.

Eeeewwwhhh, like, get a room.