Swordsmyth
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I edited my post that you just quoted a little and added some things.
Basically in Molyneux's war on drugs debate, the guy brought up Portugal's murder rate and said that it went up after drug decriminalization. Molyneux called him out, asked him a couple questions about the study, then said, "Ok, I am going to trust that the data you gave me is accurate, but if I found out it isn't I'm going to be really upset [Long pause]"
At this point, the guy backs off a little, Molyneux says, "but wait, you said ______________" and the guy was like "Ya, no, it's true" and Molyneux asked, "Are you sure?" and he said "Yes".
So after another half our of debate, Stef's researcher Mike comes back with the numbers and they go over them and it turns out there were some major issues with the way he presented the data and so Stef used that to completely tear him down.
You always treat people the way you would want to be treated, until people stop treating you the way you would want to be treated, then you treat them back the same way.
Valuable lesson. You're welcome.
Now are you ready to battle or are you going home with your tail between your legs?
Offering to believe data during a debate while sending someone to double check it is nothing like signing the bill to see what is in it, especially since Rand and others had already been making the case for a veto.