I changed the rules! <div><br></div><div>Let's face it, if you can't write one single argument that you've given in clear standard form -- stating your premises clearly and then stating the conclusion clearly -- then everything you write is a fallacy. <div>
<br></div><div>By the way, you think you know who I am but I actually know who you are! How about that!</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:48 AM, No Weatherman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:no.weatherman@gmail.com">no.weatherman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Joe:<br>
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First you accused me of harassing you.<br>
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Then you came back for more.<br>
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Then you left the forum in disgrace when I caught you lying.<br>
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Then you wrote me a stupid email offlist.<br>
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Now you're back with a pseudonym.<br>
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I offered to play a game with you and I laid down the rules.<br>
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The rules are fair and easy. Even you can understand them.<br>
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My offer stands.<br>
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On 10/29/08, Gabe Storm <<a href="mailto:no.weathermann@gmail.com">no.weathermann@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Here's what you should do. Take any one of your posts where you've wanted to<br>
> draw some conclusion. Write out the premises in detail and then write out<br>
> the conclusion that you want us to draw. If the likelihood of the conclusion<br>
> is highly probable, then it is not a fallacy. If you can't find one example<br>
> that is not a fallacy, I win.<br>
><br>
> I would do it but frankly your posts are too confusing. I'm not even sure<br>
> what the conclusions are let alone the premises.<br>
><br>
> Sincerely, Austin Rench<br>
><br>
><br>
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> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:11 AM, No Weatherman <<a href="mailto:no.weatherman@gmail.com">no.weatherman@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> > Mr. Storm:<br>
> ><br>
> > Let's play a game.<br>
> ><br>
> > The rules are that you have to show me one fallacious ad hominem<br>
> > argument and one lie that I have posted on the Internet and I will<br>
> > apologize for it to you and to Joe Campbell.<br>
> ><br>
> > But you have to prove each point and you cannot make bare assertions<br>
> > as you normally do.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On 10/29/08, Gabe Storm <<a href="mailto:no.weathermann@gmail.com">no.weathermann@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > > I just wanted to say I was sorry for calling Keely a liar. It was<br>
> > > unChristian of me to do so. Frankly, I'm not sure why I act the way I<br>
> act,<br>
> > > going to church and posting lies on the internet. Most of my posts are<br>
> > > hogwash and my arguments are, well as some have noticed they are nothing<br>
> > > more than various forms of ad hominem fallacy. I seem to like that one a<br>
> > > lot!<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Sincerely, No Weatherman<br>
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