The Rules of the Game - Page 2

dar512 · 07-23-2004, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

are we back to referring to UT as god, again? why didn't anyone send me the *$@*ing memo?!?!?!

Did you fill out form PT29X3 in triplicate? Was it filed at City Hall in the room in the basement with the large sign on the door that says "No admittance" - the one with the jaguar guarding the door?

If you want to be on the memo list, you must follow proper procedure.

lookout123 · 07-23-2004, 01:27 PM

i thought that room was only for the Giants . how long do i have to dwell as a commoner inthe cellar before i can gain admittance?

dar512 · 07-23-2004, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

i thought that room was only for the Giants . how long do i have to dwell as a commoner inthe cellar before i can gain admittance?

I assume that question is rhetorical. If not, the answer is 42.

jaguar · 07-23-2004, 01:47 PM

Your mediclorian count isn't high enough, your chi lacks wang and your feng shui is out of wack.

lookout123 · 07-23-2004, 01:55 PM

if i promise to only post once a month, may gain admittance?

yes - i'm trying to bait HB back out into the open. sooner or later, he'll have to quit lurking as a guest.

Griff · 07-23-2004, 03:41 PM

That's sposeda be automatic with Version 3.0.2...

xoxoxoBruce · 07-23-2004, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

are we back to referring to UT as god, again? why didn't anyone send me the *$@*ing memo?!?!?!

God made 'em, UT stole 'em.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-23-2004, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jaguar

an ad homonym attack would rather amusing indeed.

Most of this stuff is just basic logic, that said, it'd still be worth some people reading

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Person A makes claim X.
Person B makes an attack on person A.
Therefore A's claim is false.
The reason why an Ad Hominem (of any kind) is a fallacy is that the character, circumstances, or actions of a person do not (in most cases) have a bearing on the truth or falsity of the claim being made (or the quality of the argument being made).

Hmmm...Ann Coulter?

lumberjim · 07-23-2004, 07:49 PM

one thing that bugs me is when you disagree with a person, and they just keep repeating themselves, or coming up with different analogies for the same damn point. what's that called?

wolf · 07-24-2004, 01:14 AM

radar

xoxoxoBruce · 07-24-2004, 07:26 AM

It's called the, if-you-really-understood-what-I'm-saying,-you-couldn't-possibly-not-agree,-so-I'll-rephrase-it-hopping-it'll-get-through-your-thick-skull, method.

smoothmoniker · 07-24-2004, 12:49 PM

if you haven't been there already, you really, really should go to www.protestwarrior.com and watch some of the videos. I know they go intentionally out of their way to find the dumbest supporters of the opposing position, but still, it's like a clinic in logic gone way, way wrong. Hilarious.

-sm

lookout123 · 07-24-2004, 01:58 PM

there was some pretty funny stuff in there SM, thanks.

Catwoman · 07-26-2004, 04:52 AM

So do we all agree on the premise of The Rules before we can start making valid arguments? If you accept these rules then any detraction will invalidate your argument, or is that a non-sequitur?

jaguar · 07-26-2004, 05:09 AM

Well I guess we can use it as a de facto system but ceteris paribus it will soon be ignored. Prima facie this kind of thing is good idea but the in heat of a debate it'll just lead into endless tangents about the vailidy of arguments, leading to no real improvment per se.

07-23-2004, 01:27 PM	#17
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	i thought that room was only for the Giants . how long do i have to dwell as a commoner inthe cellar before i can gain admittance? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-23-2004, 01:47 PM	#19
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Your mediclorian count isn't high enough, your chi lacks wang and your feng shui is out of wack. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

07-23-2004, 01:55 PM	#20
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	if i promise to only post once a month, may gain admittance? yes - i'm trying to bait HB back out into the open. sooner or later, he'll have to quit lurking as a guest. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-23-2004, 03:41 PM	#21
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That's sposeda be automatic with Version 3.0.2... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-23-2004, 07:49 PM	#24
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	one thing that bugs me is when you disagree with a person, and they just keep repeating themselves, or coming up with different analogies for the same damn point. what's that called? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-24-2004, 01:14 AM	#25
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	radar __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-24-2004, 07:26 AM	#26
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's called the, if-you-really-understood-what-I'm-saying,-you-couldn't-possibly-not-agree,-so-I'll-rephrase-it-hopping-it'll-get-through-your-thick-skull, method. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-24-2004, 12:49 PM	#27
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	if you haven't been there already, you really, really should go to www.protestwarrior.com and watch some of the videos. I know they go intentionally out of their way to find the dumbest supporters of the opposing position, but still, it's like a clinic in logic gone way, way wrong. Hilarious. -sm __________________ to live and die in LA

07-24-2004, 01:58 PM	#28
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	there was some pretty funny stuff in there SM, thanks. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-26-2004, 04:52 AM	#29
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	So do we all agree on the premise of The Rules before we can start making valid arguments? If you accept these rules then any detraction will invalidate your argument, or is that a non-sequitur? __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

07-26-2004, 05:09 AM	#30
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Well I guess we can use it as a de facto system but ceteris paribus it will soon be ignored. Prima facie this kind of thing is good idea but the in heat of a debate it'll just lead into endless tangents about the vailidy of arguments, leading to no real improvment per se. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

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