On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:47:25 +0100, Greg Hennessy wrote:

You cannot claim that campaign contributions are morally equivalent to the
corrupt taking of bribes and overt attempts to destroy evidence and any
attempt at investigation of it.

Maybe I can, and maybe I can't -- I can think of lots of arguments
both ways; but that's rather beside the point since I wasn't
claiming such a thing in the first place.

Oh yes you were, your elaborately constructed 2nd fallacy was clearly
drawing an equivalence between the two.

Ah -- I think I understand you now. You seem to think that I'm
trying to use logic to "trap" you into disagreeing with some of your
beliefs. You also, subconsciously, don't think your beleifs would
stand up to the scrutiny of debaste being cast on them -- probably
you have low self esteem, at least in your intellectual abilities --
so a defense mechanism kicks in and you evade the issue.

Oh, BTW, a question isn't a fallacy. A statement (e.g. "2 plus 2 is
4") can be a fallacy, since it might be false. but a question (e.g.
"Is 2 plus 2 equal to 4?") can't, thought it might have an answer of
"no".

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