“If you’re going to debate doctrine, then debate doctrine”
Sounds straightforward. But what if the debate got complicated? Doctrine can do that. What if we ran out of time before I got my way?
No, better to grab now and debate later. If we have to. You see, if we’ve already won, we can call our opponents sore losers, democracy-deniers, polity-preventers (you get the idea) and spend that much less time discussing the substance of doctrine. If we ever have to at all.
“If you’re going to debate doctrine, then debate doctrine”
Sounds straightforward. But what if the debate got complicated? Doctrine can do that. What if we ran out of time before I got my way?
No, better to grab now and debate later. If we have to. You see, if we’ve already won, we can call our opponents sore losers, democracy-deniers, polity-preventers (you get the idea) and spend that much less time discussing the substance of doctrine. If we ever have to at all.