Re: Poison, From the Far Right? (Rocket Fuel...)

From: Eric Chomko (echomko_at__at_polaris.umuc.edu)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:01:05 +0000 (UTC)

Fred J. McCall (fmccall@earthlink.net) wrote:
: 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.

Yes, it says that "we, the adminstration"...

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: territory."
: --G. Behn

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