Re: Argument for 1NF by counter-example

From: Gene Wirchenko <genew_at_mail.ocis.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:22:04 -0700
Message-ID: <d6dqn0pdogpvna42dhma61eqdcpur1838b_at_4ax.com>


"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote:

>"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...

     Why? It would still be a rude remark.

>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.

     You said this: "Almost everything Pascal says is drivel. QED." That is a statement about Pascal.

     A restraction would be nice. An apology would be even better.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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Received on Mon Oct 25 2004 - 19:22:04 CEST

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