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To: stands2reason
All Government regulation is okay because it is government regulation that we have to follow. This is what we call "begging the question."

Actually, it's referred to as a circular argument or circular logic, which is to say, illogical.

The Bosco boy refers to everything as "begging the question". It's because he was "educated" in a government "school".

401 posted on 03/14/2003 3:46:04 PM PST by Protagoras
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To: Protagoras
Begging the question is the fallacy of assuming as a premise the very conclusion intended to prove. Right? Begging the question*is* a circular argument.
416 posted on 03/14/2003 10:16:16 PM PST by stands2reason
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