One thing I find quite interesting about the forum is the various debating styles we see. Upon mulling over the different styles, I ponder over two things, the mindset of the debaters and what the debaters are trying to accomplish. Some debaters are placid by nature while others are aggressive-(probably not much wrong with either). What is your style and what is your main reason for debating? Is it a venue to learn or is it a venue to feel out ideas you have or is it a venue to ram preconceived notions down other peoples' throats. Is it better to word ideas as a question to better draw out answers? Is it best to simply agree or disagree and move on? Is it better to violently disagree followed by a couple of expletives and derogatory remarks, or better to ask the poster for his/her reason (and hopefully recognize their own foolishness). I recognize the fact that no one has a single debating style as it can change according to mood (which can alter after seeing umpteen posts repeating the same erroneous nonsense). Politics and religion seem to be especially vulnerable to this reaction, although I don't see as much wrong with the various philosophies of politics and religion as I do with a lot of the nut cases trying to advocate them. Your thoughts?