Comments on: How to have a FAIR argument

By: Winston Peters – comeback kid? Again? | The Paepae

Winston Peters – comeback kid? Again? | The Paepae — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:49:50 +0000

[...] stand by this comment from 2009: “… Peters — who I still regard as arguably the most naturally talented politician of [...]

By: Peter Shirtcliffe’s campaign against MMP (MkII) | The Paepae

Peter Shirtcliffe’s campaign against MMP (MkII) | The Paepae — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:27:37 +0000

[...] and intellectually dishonest, in my personal view. I’m not a Winston Peters supporter (he’s likable though), but left in the dust of Jordan the Boy Wonder’s (scripted-for-him?) spin and rhetoric is [...]

By: The likability of ‘Teflon’ John Key | The Paepae

The likability of ‘Teflon’ John Key | The Paepae — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 05:40:14 +0000

[...] discussed that tactic and tendency before in ‘How to have a FAIR argument‘. No [...]

By: More than one way to screw your own online reputation @ The Paepae

More than one way to screw your own online reputation @ The Paepae — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:48:27 +0000

[...] much, much better, if you can, to keep any argument or disagreement to what the argument is actually about — which is almost never the character or motives of the person criticising you or raising [...]

By: Some thoughts about new media values @ The Paepae

Some thoughts about new media values @ The Paepae — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:03:37 +0000

[...] and media career to work alongside some very sharp, down-to-earth veterans. I learned a lot about getting it right and standing your ground. It was a privilege to be taught by some of the very best craggy old [...]

By: A gift @ The Paepae

A gift @ The Paepae — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:38:48 +0000

[...] ‘Morning Report’ colleague Kim Hill’s comments about public disagreements quoted in this post. – P Share [...]

By: How liars deal with a challenge @ The Paepae

How liars deal with a challenge @ The Paepae — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:43:48 +0000

[...] other words, a smoke screen. (A classic example of a bully’s crap argument [...]

By: Lying, my dear boy, just compounds the crime … @ The Paepae

Lying, my dear boy, just compounds the crime … @ The Paepae — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:57:39 +0000

[...] maintain there is a way to criticise people and their arguments: cleanly and directly. It’s what I try to do. Truly. (Do I fail? Yes, sometimes I fail.) [...]

By: No hard feelings – present some facts @ The Paepae

No hard feelings – present some facts @ The Paepae — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:12:00 +0000

[...] to the points being made, or raising a fair and reasoned argument, simply try to thump or abuse their critics. Sometimes they, or their anonymous glovepuppets or secret alter-egos will merely [...]

By: True or false doesn’t seem to matter to liars @ The Paepae

True or false doesn’t seem to matter to liars @ The Paepae — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:55:49 +0000

[...] a really good essay about dishonest argument — which is one of my bugbears, as we have discussed before. It’s about US politics, but many of the points apply to the business of selling as [...]