Re: Argument for 1NF by counter-example

From: Gene Wirchenko <genew_at_mail.ocis.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:38:56 -0700
Message-ID: <3m7qn097gstdicotbmiu8bcn2mujhanu1s_at_4ax.com>


"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote:

>"robert" <gnuoytr_at_rcn.com> wrote in message
>news:da3c2186.0410241849.7eedc5ef_at_posting.google.com...
>> anyone else is welcome to refute Pascal, should they wish to.
>
>Almost everything Pascal says is drivel. QED.
>
>Now do you get the point?

     It may not be the point you intended. I have read a lot of Pascal's writing on dbdebunk.com. I see him using logic to advance an argument. This is in contrast to your statement above, which is not a refutation of Pascal, but merely an ad hom.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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Received on Mon Oct 25 2004 - 18:38:56 CEST

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