Re: The proof that I was referring to is on the website

From: kevincar (kevindotcar_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: 30 Jul 2004 11:53:42 -0700

Kenneth Doyle <nobody@notmail.com> wrote in message news:<Xns95376E6FC43Cnobodynotmailcom@61.9.191.5>...
> David C. Ullrich <ullrich@math.okstate.edu> wrote in
> news:51nkg0th6bs0v08n0dfq4j7olmiim8b4cr@4ax.com:
>
> > On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:51:17 +0000 (UTC), ">parr\(*>"
> > <KurlyGina@tenretnitb.moc> wrote:
> >
> >>[...]
> >>
> >>I have agreed to help you without abuse, so I will not say these
> >>things.
> >
> > unrelated question: is there a name for this rhetorical "i'm
> > not going to say that..." device? argumentum ad what?
>
>
> heh! Some people would call it argumentum ad populi, but not I.

 I would call it "Appeal to Pity" (Argumentum ad Misercordiam).

  Here's a good web page to review logical fallacies:

      http://atheism.about.com/od/logicalfallacies/a/overview.htm

  ...Test on Wednesday.

K.C