• Welcome to Religious Forums, a friendly forum to discuss all religions in a friendly surrounding.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to the following site features:
    • Reply to discussions and create your own threads.
    • Our modern chat room. No add-ons or extensions required, just login and start chatting!
    • Access to private conversations with other members.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon!

Who Are the More Reasonable RFers?

ChristineM

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Sunstone said:
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?
Click to expand...

I am honoured that i made it to your list but i must inform you, given your criteria, i am reasonable only to a given value of reasonable.

I would also like to add
@It Aint Necessarily So
@stvdv
@YmirGF
 
Sunstone

Sunstone

De Diablo Del Fora
Premium Member
icehorse said:
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.
Click to expand...

For what it's worth, my impression is you're one of the more reasonable people on RF. Should have remembered you when I wrote the OP.
 
Sunstone

Sunstone

De Diablo Del Fora
Premium Member
ChristineM said:
There are more, i am sure, but brain is letting me down at the moment
Click to expand...

The one thing this thread has personally shown me is that there are a whole lot more fairly reasonable people on RF than I can recall all at once. I'm a bit surprised who all I forgot in my OP.
 
oldbadger

oldbadger

Skanky Old Mongrel!
Revoltingest said:
Ain't we a pair.
Click to expand...
Did @Wirey make it?
Humans are divided in to two psychological age groups, the 5yrs old and the 8yrs olds. In fact the 8yr olds are only 5yr olds as well, they just think they are more mature, more reasonable.

We ought to run a thread on behalf of the more unreasonable, difficult, irrational, bloody minded members. Nomination is by invitation only, of course, but I would be inviting a few names from this thread to join, for sure.

:D
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
columbus said:
Ew...
When I first got this alert I thought Rev was calling me reasonable. Glad I dodged that bullet.
Tom
Click to expand...
If I called you "reasonable" then everyone would expect the accolade.
I'll say you're "interesting".
While it's not a compliment, it's better.
 
G

GoodbyeDave

Well-Known Member
Sunstone said:
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.
Click to expand...
I can't qualify, as the people I disagree with most don't have any well-reasoned arguments.

Here's my list
Click to expand...
Well, you've got 30% of my ignore list!
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
oldbadger said:
Did @Wirey make it?
Humans are divided in to two psychological age groups, the 5yrs old and the 8yrs olds. In fact the 8yr olds are only 5yr olds as well, they just think they are more mature, more reasonable.

We ought to run a thread on behalf of the more unreasonable, difficult, irrational, bloody minded members. Nomination is by invitation only, of course, but I would be inviting a few names from this thread to join, for sure.

:D
Click to expand...
I have an idea.
 
Audie

Audie

Veteran Member
oldbadger said:
Did @Wirey make it?
Humans are divided in to two psychological age groups, the 5yrs old and the 8yrs olds. In fact the 8yr olds are only 5yr olds as well, they just think they are more mature, more reasonable.

We ought to run a thread on behalf of the more unreasonable, difficult, irrational, bloody minded members. Nomination is by invitation only, of course, but I would be inviting a few names from this thread to join, for sure.

:D
Click to expand...

Oh, now, you are just repeating what you
hear others saying about you.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top