From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Tue Jun 01 2004 - 19:01:18 BST
Platt,
Yikes. Thanks for the restraint.
You don't consider a reductio ad absurdum refutation to be valid?
Pirsig does.
Chomsky is saying that the argument "What I do is fine, as long as
it's not the worse that's been done" leads to the absurd result that
Saddam Hussein could justify his actions by claiming that at least he
didn't kill six million jews, like Hitler.
Now, go outside and play.
MarkH
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