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To: DWW1990
A third? I'm dubious.

But, this is a persuasion technique. Make an outrageous claim. That forces the audience to spend time justifying your very point - "Maybe not a third, I could buy a sixth...". End result? People argue about HOW right you are, rather than if you were even correct to begin with.

FWIW, I liked Playboy when I was a teenager and didn't know any better. Now, I think that Hef was a sad old man, who took advantage of his position.

3 posted on 10/06/2017 5:13:43 AM PDT by wbill
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To: wbill

I was dubious as well, but given the degree of sexual perversion in our culture...


10 posted on 10/06/2017 5:48:20 AM PDT by DWW1990
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To: wbill
A third? I'm dubious. But, this is a persuasion technique. Make an outrageous claim. That forces the audience to spend time justifying your very point

It does sound a lot like a projection from a faulty, non-random sample. I don't doubt that it might be a nationwide epidemic but not at that level of infection.

33 posted on 10/06/2017 8:40:15 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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