Has anyone ever had their mind changed ...

[Leweman]

by anything posted on this board? About anything at all? I bet its rare.

 

[washamericom]

i have, but decided not to.

 

[Oddball]

I learned that corporate "personhood" wasn't in the original Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company case, but was mysteriously slipped in by a legal clerk.

Didn't change my mind on the ridiculousness of deeming legal fictions to be "persons" (I'm against it), but did add to my knowledge on the subject.

 

[jillian]

by anything posted on this board? About anything at all? I bet its rare.

i've posted on a few different boards. but i've definitely had my mind changed on certain issues. the one that comes to mind is i was convinced to change my position on the AWB because it was shown to me that the law was vague, inconsistent and ineffectual.

but... i am sorry they didn't retain parts of it. (like the part that limited the type of clips someone could purchase).

 

[Avatar4321]

Im constantly learning and thereby changing my mind when I realize something explains things better than I did previously.

I dont know how you dont to some degree. Even at a subconscious level.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

by anything posted on this board? About anything at all? I bet its rare.

Yeah, I decided that some people are even more stupid than I initially believed them to be. Bass? Flaylo? TM?

 

[kiwiman127]

I would think that anyone with an open mind would at least gather in a well-thought- out different point of view of an issue/subject to the point of influencing their own prospective.

 

[Grace]

by anything posted on this board? About anything at all? I bet its rare.

Yeah.

The saying of "you never get a second chance to change a first impression" is false.

 

[JBeukema]

Yes. Jillian convinced me of her argument that Isra-El is based on racism

 

[xsited1]

by anything posted on this board? About anything at all? I bet its rare.

Of course. I used to think Obama was an idiot and now I'm an Obama Worshipper.

 

[Ravi]

by anything posted on this board? About anything at all? I bet its rare.

Not on this board...but I did change my mind about the second amendment on another board.

 

[California Girl]

Yea, I've reviewed and modified a couple of my views based on good points from others.... and I've also changed my mind about who I like and dislike as posters.

 

[manifold]

I have. I used to be opposed to gay marriage, but I realized that all my arguments against it were nothing more than convoluted rationalization for my own bigotry.

I've also had my opinions changed regarding specific events based on additional information posted here, that I might not otherwise have happend upon myself.

 

[AquaAthena]

by anything posted on this board? About anything at all? I bet its rare.

Great question. Most of the things I have learned were statements by posters, that changed my mind about the messenger.

 

[washamericom]

Yea, I've reviewed and modified a couple of my views based on good points from others.... and I've also changed my mind about who I like and dislike as posters.

that's fershere.... is it who or whom

 

[cutter]

by anything posted on this board? About anything at all? I bet its rare.

i've posted on a few different boards. but i've definitely had my mind changed on certain issues. the one that comes to mind is i was convinced to change my position on the AWB because it was shown to me that the law was vague, inconsistent and ineffectual.

but... i am sorry they didn't retain parts of it. (like the part that limited the type of clips someone could purchase).

I like how people make up their mind on gun control but don't know the difference in a "clip" and a "magazine". I've never seem a 30rnd "clip" although I have a bunch of 10rnd clips for my "SKS" .

 

[JBeukema]

I like how people make up their mind on gun control but don't know the difference in a "clip" and a "magazine"

Do I need to know the difference between rose dope and glass to have an opinion of the legality and social impacts of crystal methamphetamine?

Do I need to know the details of the various detonation systems in use today to know I don't want my neighbor having nuclear weapons?

Does someone really need to know what size and how much grain to use in a given load to have an opinion on whether you need to fire 20 rounds without reloading or have fully automatic firing capabilities to defend yourself and your home?

 

[PixieStix]

I have not changed my mind, but have come to realize I cannot change someones mind when they do not have one