RE: MD Understanding Quality And Power

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Jan 06 2005 - 14:43:43 GMT

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    Hi MSH,

    > msh says:
    > But, you see, the polarization and demise of the debate occurs when
    > one party takes a contrary position but does not defend the position
    > with fact and argument. If I say "I believe Z because of W, X, and
    > Y, and here's why evidence in support of W, X, Y." and you say "No, Z is
    > false because not-W, not-X, not-Y" this is contradiction without argument.
    > This is my friend Platt's method of discussion, at least when it comes to
    > politics. (Although I've noticed others getting annoyed by it in
    > discussions of philosophy and science as well.) This kills debate, and
    > truly does turn it into a meaningless word game.

    I had to laugh at your criticism based on a complete absence of facts to
    support your argument, contradicting your own one-right-way to debate.
    Oops. Pointing out this lapse of logic makes me a "smart ass" in the
    opinion of some. So to forestall any complaint, permit me to apologize in
    advance for invoking logic on a site devoted to intellectual level
    discussion. :-)

    Platt

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