Commenting on Blogs

So I have been reading quite a few blogs recently (most notably "The Liberty Papers" and a few blogs run by economics professors) and I have found sometimes, I really want to comment simply because I have another angle. However, too often I know that my suggestion will seem "rude" so I have tried to just let it go. But there are some arguments that are really annoying to ignore (and sometimes, it is better for me to ignore it because I can see people having long debates that I just shouldn't get involved in). So here are some my most disliked argument claims.

"Why should men be involved in the abortion debate? They won't ever become pregnant or need an abortion."

Hmmm...Seems to me that before someone put that policy in place, they might just want to settle one teensy, little-bitty problem. If the woman decides to have an abortion (even against a pro-choice man's opposition), he still has to pay child-support. Thus, until men are COMPLETELY absolved of all responsibility, they have a stake in the debate.

"Until you walk in their shoes...."

Yeah, but then again, if they walked in my shoes, they wouldn't be in that situation, now would they? So why should I be required to walk in theirs and be stopped by commenting, but they aren't required to walk in mine and make the bloody argument non-existent?

There are also some people out there, on all sides and beliefs, that are just so nuts that to answer them is to acknowledge them. In those situations, it actually is smart to not comment because odds are, the comment will actually be so out there that it invites the blog writer to respond.

I also have problems on some of the econ blogs that while I may have something to say, I would rather not say something for fear of misunderstanding some important concept. (Maybe this is the time to say the adage, "there are no stupid questions" is not applicable at some blogs. Sometimes there is an expectation of some type of prior knowledge when reading a blog.)

There is one other problem that I have when commenting. Because I read so much, and my memory of details is so horrid, it is hard to remember where I saw or read the proof for something I want to say so I can give accurate credit. And without spending loads of time researching, I choose not to comment (since a comment shouldn't take 15 minutes to write).

Eh, it is fun to have a discussion with other viewpoints since that is the enjoyable part of debating. Too bad my high school didn't have a debate club. That probably would have been fun.