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To: MrB

He was trying to frame the immediate issue in terms that some people, who would otherwise approve of BHO’s comment, would better understand.

That doesn’t mean that the poster believes that particular right exists. A rhetorical technique is to re-phrase issues in terms that are meaningful your opponent, even if they are not meaningful to you.


35 posted on 04/17/2008 7:27:32 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. - Ratatouille)
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To: ctdonath2

Thanks, he cleared it all up at #27


38 posted on 04/17/2008 7:31:07 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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