Comments on: 5 Ways To Lose/Win An Argument On-line

By: You vs. the Internets. « The Hiddenness of Blog

You vs. the Internets. « The Hiddenness of Blog — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:12:00 +0000

[...] So to lighten the mood, I saw Shaun Groves “5 Ways to Win/Lose an Argument Online”: 5 Ways To Lose (Even If You Win): [...]

By: yancy

yancy — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:57:02 +0000

Yes that is true. It is senseless to carry on petty arguments from behind a screen about matters of importance. There are a lot of agitators, or “trolls” or whatever, who dwell on being persistent jackasses.
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By: Leeann

Leeann — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:56:26 +0000

Ha. So true.

By: Amanda Slade

Amanda Slade — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:48:58 +0000

Awesome. Awesome! Thank you!! I seriously have been impacted through the bloggers who have gone on the trips. Now I LOVE Compassion. I highly believe this idea of the vision trips is from the Lord! So many people are hearing about Compassion and it is from people we trust! God is so amazing to use technology in this way! To change these sweet children’s lives! All for the glory of Jesus! Woohoo!

By: Matt Blick

Matt Blick — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:52:25 +0000

Lose =

Have lods of typos an poor grammar in your coments

- a ded give away that yo are typig too fast ad not thinkng – or prayng abot wat you re saying !

By: Shaun Groves

Shaun Groves — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:18:29 +0000

Glad somebody got it. I was beginning to wonder if all that time on Photoshop was wasted.

By: Kelli

Kelli — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:12:14 +0000

Ha! This cracked me up. I was compared to Hitler and called a communist (all in caps, of course) by one commentor and yeah…he lost a bit of credibility and I’m pretty sure his intended message was not understood. These are very true, humorous points to engaging in online debate

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:41 +0000

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By: Shaun Groves

Shaun Groves — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:55:34 +0000

A couple things, Amanda. First, the blog trips aren’t mission trips. The bloggers are going on what Compassion calls a “vision trip.” It’s not about us coming in and doing work for the locals. We’re going to learn about the work the locals are doing for themselves. Then our job is to report on that work and ask readers to join in that work by sponsoring a child.

Second, Yes! Yes, any sponsor can visit his/her sponsored child. Compassion regularly hosts sponsor tours – large groups of sponsors traveling to see their sponsored kids in one country all at once. Any sponsor who has given Compassion their e-mail address will be notified when a sponsor tour to their child’s country is approaching.

But sponsors can also go on trips by themselves. Any sponsor can visit their child. They just need to get themselves there, let Compassion know they’re coming at least six weeks in advance, and Compassion will set up a meeting between them and their child.

Also, Compassion partners with churches here in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere – forging a partnership between that church and a Compassion project (which is also a church in the third world). When a church here has a relationship with a church there (through Compassion) the church here often takes members over to do true mission trips – building, teaching, etc.

So there are at least three ways ANYBODY can see the work of Compassion. But these blogging trips are more journalistic with the aim of seeing many many more kids sponsored by blog readers.

By: kathy

kathy — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:11:39 +0000

“5. Bring up Hitler”

‘Hitler’ should not make me laugh. But that did.

So true though. I love how passive/aggressive the interwebby is. Conflict resolution is a lost art. I need lessons too.

Thanks for sharing.