Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:37:40 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Jay Nelson <jdn@acp.qiv.com> Cc: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Distributions: Leveling the playing field Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19990912193601.04ad0da0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909121645010.10893-100000@acp.qiv.com> References: <4.2.0.58.19990912145908.04af73a0@localhost>
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At 04:57 PM 9/12/99 -0500, Jay Nelson wrote: > >Would you apply that statement to human beings in general? If so, who is to > >judge the "quality" of the human being? Or to say that he or she should be > >treated differently -- i.e. deprived of rights -- because he or she is not of > >sufficient "quality?" > >Jeesh, Brett -- stop the socialist propaganda. It's not "socialist propaganda." It's a form of argument known as "reductio ad absurdum," which shows that an idea is absurd by taking it to its logical conclusion. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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