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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-10 01:50 PM
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25. The only thing I suggest is reductio ad absurdem
Concede that Ms. Valle was wearing a wig, which she was. And your point is . . . ? "She was in disguise!" Okay, she was in disguise, let's go your way with it. Why is that justification for knocking her to the ground and stomping her into a concussion? "She might have been up to something." All right, but 'might have been' isn't 'was,' is it? "Well . . . no." And you're not seriously arguing that we should go around beating people up for what they "might" do, are you? Because you "might" be thinking about punching me right now. "No response." Because if you are, by your logic, I'd be fully justified in taking whatever measures I deem appropriate to stop you from what you "might" do, right? "She was wearing a wig!" Back to that, are we?
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