re: #145 BlueCanuck

Everytime a sentence or a phrase is followed by “BUT” , you have effectively cancelled everything you have said before it. Forget who told me that, it’s a good thing to learn to excise from ones vocabulary when debating.

Exactly.
My mom used to give me a compliment, and then every compliment was followed by “but … “.

I don’t think she ever knew how much I hated to hear that “but”.