Re: Argument for 1NF by counter-example

From: Laconic2 <laconic2_at_comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:47:50 -0400
Message-ID: <aYadnQb2XNjcs-DcRVn-qg_at_comcast.com>


"Gene Wirchenko" <genew_at_mail.ocis.net> wrote in message news: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.
>

I guess I sould have added the smiley face...

But to continue this thread... My comment wasn't "ad hom". I said nothing about Pascal. I only commented on what he says... or so Bob's logic would have it.

> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
>
> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
> I have preferences.
> You have biases.
> He/She has prejudices.
Received on Mon Oct 25 2004 - 18:47:50 CEST

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