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>Am I the only one who finds this to be a difficult art to sustain? So
>few people seem to be able to debate aggressively without letting it
>get personal.
>

Well, lessee... for one, it is inordinantly difficult to be completely detached about things that affect one personally. A few people, and they are rare, can manage it, but I dare say most <and I admit being included in the latter group> will lose their cool after some period of time <which differs from person to person>. Secondly, most everything is personal, in the sense that it effects some person or other at some point. For example, it is often refered to as 'just business' to lay someone off, fire someone, repossess some property, etc. But each of those acts effects some person or group of people, often in a very profound and negative manner. <Which is why I doubt I could ever own a business, unless that business were limited to me and contracters who never had indefinite employments with me. I just don't think I could handle the inevitable need to engage in one of the above activities> So, debating is not usually an art, because people aren't usually debating things that have so little personal significance as to be easily detached from.

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"Darkness beyond Twilight"