There is no reason for me to survey the current debate as concerns the substance of the arguments, nor to suggest my own verdict on each of the contested points, as I would do in a setting where time and structure would permit a serious debate in just war terms. (religion-online.org)
Your «nice try» comment is simply an attempt to deflect away from the substance of this argument, in trying to denigrate me as irrelevant... when in fact, all it does is reflect that you are trying to «get me to go away» because you have no substantive argument left to make. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Why wrestle with the substance of their argument when it's so much easier to just sigh about «kids these days» and be done with it? (relevantmagazine.com)