Re: THe OverRelational Manifesto (ORM)
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:55:35 GMT
Message-ID: <HQX1g.63506$VV4.1187646_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
>>Marshall Spight wrote:
>>
>>>...
>>>I still don't like name-calling, though. I still think it's
>>>intellectually
>>>unnecessary, and I still think ad-hominem reasoning is
>>>logically invalid.
>>>...
>>
>>A grand comparison compared to narrow db interests I'll admit, but WWII,
>>at least part of it, might not have happened if Neville Chamberlain had
>>been into ad-hominem logic instead of religious politeness. [snip]
>
> This is a ludicrous over-simplification.
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:55:35 GMT
Message-ID: <HQX1g.63506$VV4.1187646_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
JOG wrote:
> paul c wrote: >
>>Marshall Spight wrote:
>>
>>>...
>>>I still don't like name-calling, though. I still think it's
>>>intellectually
>>>unnecessary, and I still think ad-hominem reasoning is
>>>logically invalid.
>>>...
>>
>>A grand comparison compared to narrow db interests I'll admit, but WWII,
>>at least part of it, might not have happened if Neville Chamberlain had
>>been into ad-hominem logic instead of religious politeness. [snip]
>
> This is a ludicrous over-simplification.
The german military command were ready to cut Hitler's throat when he re-occupied the Rheinland. They were simply waiting for France and England to present a credible threat in response to Hitler's foolish provocation. France and England were too polite to respond. Received on Fri Apr 21 2006 - 04:55:35 CEST