Quote Originally Posted by Semiomniscient View Post
My thing is that I've never understood why people can't argue and debate and be friends afterward. My late grandfather and I argued and debated all the time and we would get pretty heated. But we never got mad at each other. I think that people need to learn to both take criticism and deal it out without becoming resentful. I tire of people taking a spirit of disagreement poorly. It isn't a bad thing to argue and debate. It breeds new ideas and reinforces old ones.
Indeed, as long as there's no malice behind the argument/debate.