Re: Poison, From the Far Right? (Rocket Fuel...)
From: Fred J. McCall (fmccall_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 03/01/05
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Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:34:40 GMT
greg@see-web-page.edu (Greg Kuperberg) wrote:
:In article <PrudnZhuu9werb7fRVn-qA@dls.net>,
:Paul F. Dietz <dietz@dls.net> wrote:
:>I've found it's useful to characterize a position by the quality of
:>arguments advanced in its defense (on the theory that the best arguments
:>tend to be the ones used).
:
:It's the famous theory of the weak argument. Trial attorneys are deeply
:fearful of them; a weak argument in court is a much bigger setback than
:a strong argument from the other side. The only problem is that the
:theory is false. The world is full of people who make bad arguments
:for just about every position.
But when there are all those people and only the weak arguments get
used over and over and over again, including by folks at the very top
who presumably have staffs to help them, I think it says quite a bit.
--
"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
territory."
--G. Behn
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