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To: GOPcapitalist
See that walt? FOLLOWS NECESSARILY from the stated premises.

But which cannot be absolutely proven.

La-de-dah.

You lied.

Walt

186 posted on 05/01/2002 10:45:44 AM PDT by WhiskeyPapa
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To: WhiskeyPapa
But which cannot be absolutely proven.

Says who? And no Walt, neither you nor those little voices of Abraham Lincoln in your head count as such an authority.

As a side note, to demonstrate necessarily is to prove. To demonstrate that if X is true, Y must necessarily be true is to demonstrate the truth of Y with certitude. Live with it.

La-de-dah.

Are your voices singing to you again, Walt?

You lied.

No, and I can say so with certitude as you have not even specified your allegation, much less proven it. Therefore it may be rejected in a word. Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negature. Live with it.

187 posted on 05/01/2002 10:52:24 AM PDT by GOPcapitalist
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To: WhiskeyPapa
And since you insist upon playing semantics, allow me to again beat you at your own game.

From the 2000 American Heritage Dictionary...

nec·es·sar·y Pronunciation Key (ns-sr) adj.
3. Logic
1. Unavoidably determined by prior conditions or circumstances; inevitable: ex. the necessary results of overindulgence.
2. Logically inevitable.

in·ev·i·ta·ble Pronunciation Key (n-v-t-bl) adj.
1. Impossible to avoid or prevent. Certain

Let's recap:

1. To deduce is to reason a conclusion that follows necessarily from the stated premises.

2. To be necessary (as in following necessarily) is to be logically inevitable.

3. To be inevitable is to be impossible to avoid.

4. Hence, a deduction is capable of proving something that is impossible to avoid - in other words, an absolute posessing of certitude.

So there you have it Walt. Just as when two pulitzers beat one I win, properly followed semantics beat improper distortions of them, so again I win. That makes you a double loser. Live with it.

188 posted on 05/01/2002 11:01:20 AM PDT by GOPcapitalist
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To: WhiskeyPapa
Do I take it you are giving up on this one now?
189 posted on 05/02/2002 10:03:36 AM PDT by GOPcapitalist
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