On Mar 23, 2011, at 11:13 AM, david buchanan wrote: > > Ron said to Marsha: > ...Then these are simply empty words begging the question "so what?" > > > Marsha replied: > > Begging the question "so what?" I would never beg a question from you, Ron. > I suppose my response was as inconsequential as your advice to "turn towards > static patterns." > > > > > dmb says: > > Sigh. > > Marsha's inability to use the English language is conspicuously on display > once again. As any decent dictionary will show, to say she is "begging the > question" is another way to say she is side-steppping the issues, avoiding > the question, evading the actual point in dispute, or, more properly, it > means that she is assuming the truth of the very thing that is being > questioned and otherwise treating the the point of contention as if it were > already a settled premise. > > > In this case, begging has nothing to do with a humble plea or a desperate > request. >
Marsha to dmb: Speaking of inconsequential posts, that is how I find most of yours: dangling quotes, indignation and whining. ___ 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/md/archives.html
