Re: Debates & Debating

From: Immortalist (Reanimater_2000_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:00:22 -0700

"formerly known as 'cat arranger'" <goodidea1950SPAM-SPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> "Tim" <abc@abc.abc> wrote in message
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> : "Immortalist" <Reanimater_2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> : > "Tim" <abc@abc.abc> wrote in message
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> : > > Who is Larry?
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> : > Probably one of the people that are on the bulleton board for the page
> : > http://www.truthtree.com/Debating/index.html
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> : > Since Larry is not one of the authors of the four perspectives;
> : > http://www.truthtree.com/emailus.shtml
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> : > Can you point to the difference it would make in the text?
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> : If and only if you are a dirty cocksucker who takes it up the ass. So yes
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> : can point to the difference.
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> That is an 'ad homo' attack. Usually ad homonym are more common.
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I think he meant that "only if I admit to" the participating in the lifestyle,
which is demonized in filth.

This would make the response and enthymeme within a sorites.

The enthymeme is sometimes defined as a "truncated syllogism" since either the
major or minor premise found in that more formal method of reasoning is left
implied. The enthymeme typically occurs as a conclusion coupled with a reason.
When several enthymemes are linked together, this becomes sorites.

http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/E/enthymeme.htm
http://www.google.com/search?q=enthymeme

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