Arguing With Mr. Zephos

No piece of literature or argument made in history have ever avoided being challenged. For every sentence laid down and every paragraph rendered, there is a big opportunity to find a loophole and rip the argument apart. I am not a great mind, nor I am a scholar, so if something like the Bible can have loopholes and contradictions, I'm pretty sure that my work can too.

I am frequently wrong. That's why I always try to get my facts and educated opinions straight from an accurate source of information. I also tend to intentionally contradict myself all the time as well, as my opinion changes like a disco casino roulette wheel on steroids. That is, I like to play both sides of the fences to the extremes, just because the view is better.

In any case, my arguments are only good as the sources I draw them from, and those sources often draw from someone else's, so sometimes I get third rate information and all that. That being the case, if you have a gripe with an argument, please feel free to let me know. I am especially interested in views of animation all around the world, especially in Europe and Australia, because I don't hear an awful lot about what it's like from my stand point. I am also interested in getting more accurate information about Japan, because I only have been there once for one day, so most of my information is based on what I hear from other people.

There is only one rule that you absolutely must follow if you want me to read your argument, and here it is:

-Do not re-quote what I have said

The reason for this is simple. It pisses me off.

If you are arguing with me, do you not think that I already know what I have written better than anyone else? If you are a heavy re-quoter like so many people on the internet are, a three minute read could turn into a half an hour waste of my time, I do not have that kind of time. If you want to keep it short and to the point, blunt, grammatically flawed, or down right obscene, that's fine by me, that's your choice, not mine, but don't make me invest my time in redundancy.

Anyone could toss in incoherent volleys of crap for just about anything I said if they quoted each and every paragraph then proceeded to tear it apart. Heck, even I could nitpick my own arguments to the hilt if I was looking to do it, it's not hard when you are actively looking for things to flambé. Not only that, but reading my own junk every other paragraph of yours disrupts the flow. Going through your entire counter argument like that will feel like a Hungarian hangover party in the spring time. You can paraphrase what I have said and all that fun, but if I see anything that remotely looks like a copy and paste from what I wrote, It's going into the trash bin. I hate redundancy, especially my own.

On an additional note, if your argument is really good and manages to sway my opinion, I hope you don't mind me stealing it, because I am a chameleon when it comes down to the argument world. I'd like to of course give you credit, just don't give me a reason not to.

I'm all offense when it comes to arguments, I almost never defend myself or counterattack, unless someone else's honor other than my own is being criticized. It's easy pickings for you, should you choose to argue with me, and you can expect no hostile retaliation.

One very last thing, I instantly have a much higher respect for fellow serious artists of any sort. So if you want to increase relationship with me right off the bat, give me an link to your work. It'll give me a better chance to see where you are coming from. If you happen to work in the visual arts field and your work is more skilled than mine, it will be like you have beaten me in honorable combat and spared my life, so I'll instantly listen to what you have to say, and it will be very influential to my future arguments.