To: Jedi Master Pikachu
It's something you say when somebody bases his argument on absurd hypothetical. E.g.: "I'm not lazy. If my parents had given me proper emotional support as a child, I would be a millionaire by now.". The answer would then be: "Boo-Hoo, if cowsh*t were butter, farmers would all be millionaires!".
Meaning: If you're allowed to randomly change the premises of your argument, you can claim anything, even the biggest nonsense.
170 posted on
06/22/2007 4:45:13 AM PDT by
wolf78
(Penn & Teller Libertarian - Equal Opportunity Offender)
To: wolf78
173 posted on
06/22/2007 5:21:02 AM PDT by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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