> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Julia Thompson > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 10:10 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Gay marriage in the closet > > Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > > At 07:04 AM Thursday 11/9/2006, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > >> JDG wrote: > >> > > >> > As I see it, the State provided incentives to marriages > >> > (unions of one man and one women) because such relationships > >> > were fertile, (...) > >> > > >> Considering that the Earth is overpopulated, maybe it's time > >> to the St*te to outlaw heterosexual marriages whenever the > >> pair is infertile, and subsidize only gay marriages or > >> marriages between infertile people. > >> > >> Alberto Monteiro > > > > > > What is the truth value of "If p, then q" if p is false? > > Indeterminate. >
Actually, not. In terms of symbolic logic p->q (if p, then q) is identical to ~p ^ q ((not p) or q). If A is a true statement, then A ^ B is a true statement. If p is false, then ~p is true, and ~p ^ q is then true Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
