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glhansen@steel.ucs.indiana.edu (Gregory L. Hansen) wrote in message news:<behbf1$41v$4@hood.uits.indiana.edu>...

> In article <2a0cceff.0307090656.db7fc5b@posting.google.com>,
> Edward Green <nulldev00@aol.com> wrote:

> >glhansen@steel.ucs.indiana.edu (Gregory L. Hansen) wrote in message
> >news:<beeklh$8c0$2@hood.uits.indiana.edu>...

> >> In article <beeki3$8c0$1@hood.uits.indiana.edu>,
> >> Gregory L. Hansen <glhansen@steel.ucs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> >> >But that does suggest a debating tactic that would probably have been old 
> >> >news to Gorgias.  Invent almost correct terms that your opponent is 
> >> 
> >> And did I mention making casual historical references that your opponent 
> >> feels shamed not to know?
> >
> >You bastard. ;-)
> 
> 
> Heh!  Gorgias was an ancient Greek sophist that peddled debating skills 
> for money.  His thing was that it didn't matter whether you're right or 
> wrong, he'd teach you how to win the argument.  I'd remembered there was a 
> name associated with that, but it took a bit of Googling before I found 
> the reference to casually drop.  Couldn't have happened in real-time 
> conversation.

Gorgias: patron saint of attornies and the newsgroups!  That's
gorgeous. He must have been skilled in self-defense or running: he had
no CRT to hide behind.

How many ancient Greek philosophical schools have left us their name
as labels describing their most characteristic traits?  You suggest
sophistry, and stoicism comes to mind.  Others?  Lesbianism, I guess,
if that's a school of philosophy.