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Tuesday, 09/24/2013 5:30:03 PM

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 5:30:03 PM

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a guide to clear reasoning

a friend of mine once pointed to this wikipedia article
and i think it is just superb. it is a list of fallacies
which is to say misleading types of arugments

very educational...standing on the shoulders of giants...the greek rhetoricians had some powerful and illuminating thoughts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy

among them is the ad hominem fallacy
or "to the man"

this is when rather than addressing the merits of an argument, a counter arugment (or a weak attempt to make one) relies on a personal attack - not addressing the merits of the argument but rather casting doubt on the competency or veracity of the person making it. from beyond the grave, the greeks urge us to think about the particulars of what is being said, not who is saying it.

as the saying goes, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. this is, i believe, why personal attacks are not allowed on this board; they are fallacious and as such, a waste of time. a post does not have to be crude or mean spirited, it just has to be ad hominen to qualify for removal.

that is why when you look at post #19414
you will see that it is a response to a deleted post

everyone, including me, can benefit from learning about or reviewing this powerful knowledge about fallacies

i am going to read it again myself now

and stop selling and start buying, cause as megaladon has clearly explained, 15 million has been seized, 5 million in damages were done, the money is there for the taking and sooner or later, GDGI is quite likely to get it back!