At 10:32 PM 8/6/01 +0200 J. van Baardwijk wrote:
>>Ever heard of "reductio ad absurdum?"
>
>Nope. I don't speak Latin. Try again in English -- or in Dutch, if you like
>a challenge. :-)
>
>But can you even imagine that the statements I quoted above could be
>considered racist by people who don't know you?
It means "reduction to absurdity." I was demonstrating the fallacy of the
logic by pointing out the absurd logical extension of that thinking.
JDG
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