> They are mostly emotional attacks presented without any evidence. Oh, but they use such extremely formal and legal-sounding language. Doesn't that mean they

> They are mostly emotional attacks presented without any evidence. Oh, but they use such extremely formal and legal-sounding language. Doesn't that mean they're being purely logical? Sarcasm aside, some years back I noticed that I started using language like that when I was feeling angry & defensive. "How could they say that!? I'll take 'em apart with my razor-sharp rhetoric..." I figured out after a while that whatever I was writing was probably best thrown out, and the conversation saved for when I had a cooler head (and a bit of perspective).