o.m.g., dearest Darling David, There is this thing people do, where they project what is in their own minds onto others and you seem to be doing that a lot.
dmb] > I think you and others are trying WAY too hard to find something wrong with > that documentary. To the extent that it exposes and criticizes things you > believe in, this is understandable. But it's just face-saving ego stuff and > that is not intellectually respectable. I myself have not seen the documentary, but I did read Craig's explanation of why he found it's arguments weak. He presented a clear logical argument of classic simplicity and explanation. If you disagree with his logic, you should address that. But you don't. You attack instead of argue . Tsk tsk. That comes across as defensive and intellectually weak. We are here to do philosophy. Philosophy includes logic and rhetoric. Hopefully working together. Rhetoric isn't just pounding the table. Clear reasonable argumentation is the rule. Or did you think that being the designated teacher's pet puts you beyond the rules? dmb] > The Trap merely explains the suspicious, paranoid historical context (the > cold war) in which a suspicious, paranoid theory of human behavior was able > to take hold. Ok I'll take your word for it. I'd come to that conclusion myself just based on the plain relationship of fact, but I suppose having a talking head confirm it for me wouldn't hurt. dmb] > This is not a syllogism of any type. Dude. Everything can be framed as syllogism. Everything is an argument, with parts. It is the classic process of philosophical debate to re-frame english into logical construction and base conclusions on that. It's been a while since I studied formal logical refutation, but I sorta expect a bit more from a guy who is supposedly devoted to that whole academic philosophy path. dmb] > It's just an observation of what occurred. It only connects the dots in a > complex cultural situation, which has very little to do with any kind of > logic. I believe you. And what a sad commentary it is on modern discourse. And if what you say is so, then it has bigger problems than Craig was describing. Tsk Tsk indeed. You yourself seem to have very little to do with any kind of logic, it must be a spreading disease. dmb] > And the responses to this documentary from right-wing apologists like > yourself also seem to have very little to do with any logic. Ah if only life were like tv, and the good guys and the bad guys were so easy to distinguish. You've got this nice meaningless cliche all set up in your head and you attack it constantly. My advice is more time with a good basic logic text and less with HBO. John the good advicer Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
