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re: The Best Way to Make a Bad Name Good

Posted on 12/5/12 at 12:32 pm to
Posted by Jumbeauxlaya
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Posted on 12/5/12 at 12:32 pm to
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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.
Posted by 42
Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 12/5/12 at 12:33 pm to
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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.


Let me know when you know what you are talking about.

Cheers.

ETA: You may be talking about the "Causal Slippery Slope." That does not apply. And I don't think he's saying X is Y. He's saying X is like Y in some respects and is going from there.
This post was edited on 12/5/12 at 12:35 pm
Posted by TigerinATL
Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 12/5/12 at 12:40 pm to
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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.


You are way over thinking this one. The point is people were laughing at a name we can't change, so we have to change the perception, and we won't change the outside perception if we're busy running down the name ourselves. I apologize if using extreme examples in an attempt to be obvious actually obfuscated things because it triggered some pet peeve of yours about absurd examples.
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