At 10:13 PM 4/22/2005 +1000, Andrew Paul wrote: >JDG wrote >> >> At 01:34 PM 4/22/2005 +1000, Andrew Paul wrote: >> >Dan, it was a rhetorical question. I know why he isn't, and frankly >very >> >glad he isn't. But thank you for the refresher. I must learn to put >more >> >umm, nuance in my typing tone. >> >> It clearly wasn't a very good rhetorical question - and it wasn't the >lack >> of nuance, it was the weakness of the question itself. >> > >Well, it was a poorly phrased rhetorical question, I concede. As a >simple question, I don't see it as weak. I am not sure how such a blunt >question can be weak (or strong for that matter) > >> >And why isn't the US invading North Korea? > >I will happily accept that the answer may be obvious, hence the >rhetorical nature of it, and even that it could be considered a stupid >question.
Well, ordinarily, a rhetorical quesiton is one so pointed that it conveys a line of argumentation without requiring an answer. When a rhetorical question is trivially simple to dismiss, as yours way, it probably fails in conveying any meaningful line of argumentation. >Anyway. What do you think should be done about North Korea? >It is troublesome that such an unstable state has nuclear weapons. >And an apparent lack of interest in its own peoples welfare. Pray. Now that we've let the DPRK gain nuclear weapons, there are simply no good options. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
