I hesitate to give an opinion at times b/c some wise acre will then post out 10 pages of rebuttal . I'm not going to read all 10 pages. While i am open to change my mind, i probably wouldn't if the debater puts me down, implies i am small minded, and so on. Many times i read things and just domn't respond b/c i don't feel like fighting it out on the board. Other times i have given an opinion and either people don't read my posts, or may feel i am not intelligent enough to debate with.
so that makes me about 50/50. is that clear as mud?