a yuh fadda fault! nuh badda mi!
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Saturday, November 6, 2010
Fallacy of the Day
The Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position. This sort of "reasoning" has the following pattern:
Person A has position X.
Person B presents position Y (which is a distorted version of X).
Person B attacks position Y.
Therefore X is false/incorrect/flawed.
This sort of "reasoning" is fallacious because attacking a distorted version of a position simply does not constitute an attack on the position itself. One might as well expect an attack on a poor drawing of a person to hurt the person.
More at the Nizkor Project
Person A has position X.
Person B presents position Y (which is a distorted version of X).
Person B attacks position Y.
Therefore X is false/incorrect/flawed.
This sort of "reasoning" is fallacious because attacking a distorted version of a position simply does not constitute an attack on the position itself. One might as well expect an attack on a poor drawing of a person to hurt the person.
More at the Nizkor Project
Friday, November 5, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Congressman Garrett is "More Appropriate Than Thou"
Update: Garrett debate canceled amid security concerns
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY OCTOBER 28, 2010, 2:16 PM
BY HERB JACKSON - THE BERGEN RECORD - STAFF WRITER
A scheduled debate today featuring Rep. Scott Garrett was abruptly cancelled by a Warren County radio station last night because of what the news director said were "security concerns."
Joyce Estey, news director for WRNJ, would not provide details about what happened, but she said station management decided to cancel the debate.
A spokesman for Garrett, R-Wantage, would not respond to a call and email for comment, but his office has had run-ins in the past with Mark Quick, an independent candidate in the race who was scheduled to participate.
Quick, a mason and landscaper from Frelinghuysen Township in Warren County, has been a vocal critic of Garrett. He has complained he cannot grow his business because competitors can hire illegal aliens with impunity.
Read more about what not to say when running for Congress (ex. "I'm the biggest...threat he's ever faced.")
this is a cover song I plan on doing at the next open mic
I'm working on 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago next. I'd like to see Sinead try that one.
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