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To: parsifal

Homophonephobia can cause dizziness and fainting.
Res ipsa loquitur. Amen.


2,174 posted on 02/28/2010 11:43:40 PM PST by browardchad ("Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own fact." - Daniel P Moynihan)
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To: browardchad
On second thought, this would be a more proper term to describe your replies:

Ad nauseam is a Latin term used to describe an argument which has been continuing “to [the point of] nausea”.[1] For example, the sentence “This topic has been discussed ad nauseam” signifies that the topic in question has been discussed extensively and everyone involved in the discussion is sick and tired of it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_nauseam

Gee, I wonder how many more terms I can find to use from the site in which you received your cut & paste jd from?

2,176 posted on 02/28/2010 11:56:04 PM PST by patlin (1st SCOTUS of USA: "Human life, from its commencement to its close, is protected by the common law.")
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To: browardchad
“Ad nauseam” arguments are logical fallacies relying on the repetition of a single argument to the exclusion of all else. This tactic employs intentional obfuscation, in which other logic and rationality is intentionally ignored in favour of preconceived (and ultimately subjective) modes of reasoning and rationality.

In logic and rhetoric, a fallacy is a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning in argumentation. By accident or design, fallacies may exploit emotional triggers in the listener or interlocutor (e.g. appeal to emotion), or take advantage of social relationships between people (e.g. argument from authority). Fallacious arguments are often structured using rhetorical patterns that obscure the logical argument, making fallacies more difficult to diagnose. Also, the components of the fallacy may be spread out over separate arguments.

This pretty much covers & sums up the parsy drone syndrome we have been experiencing.

2,178 posted on 03/01/2010 12:03:15 AM PST by patlin (1st SCOTUS of USA: "Human life, from its commencement to its close, is protected by the common law.")
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To: browardchad

Ouch. (Caesar provinciam est!)-—(To strive and to conquer!)

parsy, the Pail Writer


2,180 posted on 03/01/2010 12:08:59 AM PST by parsifal (Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
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