Sierradaddy said this in post #45 : In my opinion it was the overwhelming media behemoth covering the OJ trial that led to him being found not guilty. Too many people rooting for him would have lost it. I'm led to believe that's why he was found guilty in the civil trial. But that's just me.
This thread is a joke. Sorry Malcolm, I know that you are trying to say something positive here, and I appreciate the effort. However, Viper seems to have ellaborated on your points for clarity's sake, which is most important when starting a thread like this. If you want to show black achievements and black intelligence, please be more diligent in the presentation and preparation. I'm telling you, it makes a world of difference.
By preparation, I'm referring to:
research - be sure that what you are posting is verified by several respectable sources, not just the first couple ones that support your viewpoint.
By presentation, I'm referring to:
Expression - express your viewpoint in a manner that shows you are looking for change, but are being REASONABLE in how you are going about it. Be strong, be clear, be ACCURATE, and expect to have some potential detractors and critics or disagreements with people who don't see what you see. Be prepared for the critics and disagreements by doing your best to see them coming FIRST, before they get there, and preparing reasonable arguments that support your view, while not just shrugging off the criticism. You've got to embrace the debate just as much as you embrace the starting of new threads covering topics that are of apparent interest to you.
You can be controversial, but be PREPARED, not only with your topics and research, but also with what comes back from the controversy you incite. It comes with the territory, if you haven't yet taken notice.
That's my advice to you. Take it or leave it, but I think it's good advice, and I think you'll get more positive results by following it.
I accept contructive critcism.I admit I'm inexperience in debating facts and defending the truth but that doesn't make my threads a joke and why am I inciting controversy for posting the truth?
I do research. This info had to come from somewhere.
To clarify, I was referring to the direction the thread went in. Your initial goal probably wasn't to have everybody in here basically bash on you, but that's kinda what happened again. I would suggest that it might be because of how clear Viper was in ellaborating on your original post, which showed everyone that your research was either incomplete, or you were intentionally being vague about the true measure of the contributions from the people you presented. After having been through several of your other threads, it just reinforced some people's belief that you are trying to express not THE truth, but YOUR truth. The reason I called this thread a joke, is because you should have been more thorough either in your research, or in your presentation. I wasn't trying to be mean, just constructively critical.
Also, when I spoke of controversy, I'm referring to FUTURE posts, if you choose to take heed of my advice in those posts you prepare in the future. You can be controversal if you choose to be in those posts, but be mindful that if you are, you most likely will get a backlash from your controversial position, if you present one, by those who vehemently disagree with you. I'm just ellaborating on what it would take to be prepared for an intelligent debate, again meaning to be constructively critical.
11-26-2006 11:03 PM
