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monster · 09-02-2007, 10:39 PM

OK, so we have a couple of posters, maybe more, who pride themselves on having the most rational minds around because they eliminate emotion from their arguments. They also seem the most likely to "take the bait" when one goes fishing for eejits. Are the two related? Do you need emotion to spot "traps"? Or should plain logic do that for you too?/

I just read Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Piccoult. Not my usual stuff, but I didn't put it down. The "losers" in that seemed to fail to understand emotion so tried to live life without, and it resulted in being their downfall. (Don't panic, the "baiters" got theirs too.....)

Is emotion really a fault? Or is it a tool?

09-02-2007, 10:39 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Taking the Bait OK, so we have a couple of posters, maybe more, who pride themselves on having the most rational minds around because they eliminate emotion from their arguments. They also seem the most likely to "take the bait" when one goes fishing for eejits. Are the two related? Do you need emotion to spot "traps"? Or should plain logic do that for you too?/ I just read Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Piccoult. Not my usual stuff, but I didn't put it down. The "losers" in that seemed to fail to understand emotion so tried to live life without, and it resulted in being their downfall. (Don't panic, the "baiters" got theirs too.....) Is emotion really a fault? Or is it a tool? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart