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re: The Best Way to Make a Bad Name Good
Posted on 12/5/12 at 12:28 pm to Jumbeauxlaya
Posted on 12/5/12 at 12:28 pm to Jumbeauxlaya
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Actually yes, an absurd example by definition is absurd.
Damn this board is thick these days.
No. It's not. Twist the words how you want, but use of the absurd in making a point does make mean that point absurd. Often times, it shows the other side to be absurd, or at least that is the intent.
Perhaps he failed, but I don't think so.
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Posted on 12/5/12 at 12:32 pm to 42
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No. It's not. Twist the words how you want, but use of the absurd in making a point does make mean that point absurd.
ditto. Extending an analogy to it's utmost almost always lends to an improper comparison because in the end they all have a fallacy at a certain point. There's a theory or some such in debate about that but I can never remember the name of it.
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