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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I would say so. Frankly, the misuse is far more useful than the correct version, which is generally kind of confusing anyway.
Definitely lost, 'That begs the question' just means 'That raises the question' now. What is the substantive difference between the original 'Begging the Question' and a circular argument? Aren't both essentially assuming the conclusion?
irregardless
That's just weird. I'm sure I've used it at some point without thinking, but it's a really wrong word.
I see that there are now two MLB teams worse than the Royals now. Awesome. Now if they can catch Baltimore, they could achieve not being the worst team in the AL. I'm pulling for them.
What is the substantive difference between the original 'Begging the Question' and a circular argument? Aren't both essentially assuming the conclusion?
I'm totally going to guess that "begging the question" is a logical fallacy when using "formal" logic and a circular argument is less formal? Maybe?
My most hated is "I could care less." Um, if you could, then go ahead. You mean "couldn't".
We have a nummy restaurant in Raleigh called The Irregardless Cafe.
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We have a nummy restaurant in Raleigh called The Irregardless Cafe.
I could care less.
No really, I could.
My most hated is "I could care less."
I actually started using that as a teen. I think among people who knew me it was soon apparent shorthand for "I could care less. I'd have to try really hard, but I bet I could do it if I really focussed. But I don't care enough to do even that."
I wonder if anybody's claimed Irregardless.com.
"In Obama's America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering, 'Yay, right on, right on, right on, right on... I wonder if Obama's going to come to come to the defense of the assailants the way he did his friend Skip Gates up there at Harvard."
Wow, it's kinda remarkable to hear such blatant racism on a national radio show. Or maybe I don't listen to the radio enough.
You know, I can see thinking there was a racial component to the incident. If you reverse the situation, it would be hard not to think race played a factor. But it isn't a definite. But man, the rest of it. Skip Gates an assailant? Manufacturing a trend out of a single incident that may or may not have been race motivated to some degree? Blaming it on having a black president? It's so bad, it's not even funny.
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