Re: Sierra Club HypocrisyHardWorkingDog wrote:
> In article <dNidnUUAp9AiIJzVnZ2dnUVZ sytnZ2d@toastnet>,
> Beryl <flyingterrapin@chillybits.org> wrote:
>
>>> Third try and then you're out: where is the lie?
>> Elusive, isn't it? And in the end, a perpetrator can usually manage just
>> enough wiggle room to claim ignorance, or sloppiness, or whatever.
>
> YURRRRRRRRRR OUT! Grab some pine, meat!
The dots, doggy:
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OK, folks. Another lesson in formal logic.
"Begging the question" is a form of logical fallacy in which an argument
is assumed to be true without evidence other than the argument >itself.
When one begs the question, the initial assumption of a >statement is
treated as already proven without any logic to show why >the statement
is true in the first place. (q.v., > http :// begthequestion.info/)
Beryl has so kindly provided us with a fine example of begging the question.
Inapplicable. But go ahead, connect the dots.
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Can't locate that fine example?
Mike W. used to teach logic, did you know that?
Suppose he'll help you along with this?
Or maybe you realize that you goofed?