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Article #1135Re: Ebeling just, whoops, I mean Harold Brashears
From: Mark Friesel
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 00:00
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Harold Brashears wrote: > > Mark Friesel <mfriesel@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > >MF: > > > >The following are Elliott Ito's statements, so I can't answer for him. > >I am glad to know that you think at least ten species will be discovered > >in the next six months, or don't you believe this is the case? > > I would be surprised if it was only ten, frankly. I am not surprised > to see what I said misrepresented. Many people seem to feel that the > only argument they can make is by misrepresenting what someone else > said, then pretending they said it. I believe one term for this is > "strawman". > True enough, there are lots and lots of argumentative tricks which to me it usually seems desirable to avoid. The purpose and intent of a poster can often be devined to a degree by his methods of discussion. Seperating the intentional from the unintentional is often a challenge as well. Mark Friesel
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fdaee,a7a84d47f994444 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdaee,public X-Google-Thread: 10607c,a7a84d47f994444 X-Google-Attributes: gid10607c,public X-Google-Thread: fb58e,a7a84d47f994444 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb58e,public X-Google-Thread: 10c480,a7a84d47f994444 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c480,public X-Google-Thread: 10df0c,a7a84d47f994444 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df0c,public From: Mark Friesel <mfriesel@ix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: Ebeling just, whoops, I mean Harold Brashears Date: 1997/02/17 Message-ID: <33087D14.5B95@ix.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 219407863 References: <5cr1ob$1rl$1@coffee.DIALix.COM> <5dl00g$955@alpine.psnw.com> <5dmvmc$gcc$2@coffee.DIALix.COM> <5dsnjt$m6u@alpine.psnw.com> <5du7u1$2od@laplace.ee.latrobe.edu.au> <33031ac3.145814111@nntp.st.usm.edu> <3303329D.4D35@ix.netcom.com> <33034327.156155615@nntp.st.usm.edu> <3303962B.43D7@ix.netcom.com> <33388254.4956613@nntp.st.usm.edu> <330484A1.4C06@ix.netcom.com> <3304a664.14189355@nntp.st.usm.edu> <3304ED48.2135@ix.netcom.com> <33096971.260768314@nntp.st.usm.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: None X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Feb 17 8:40:30 AM PST 1997 Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: mfriesel@ix.netcom.com Newsgroups: talk.environment,sci.environment,aus.politics,aus.environment.conservation,aus.environment.misc X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01E (Macintosh; U; 68K)