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From: JoeSpareBedroom on 14 Apr 2010 08:35
"Matthew Russotto" <russotto(a)grace.speakeasy.net> wrote in message
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> In article <l9pun.14632$vC3.884(a)newsfe04.iad>,
> JoeSpareBedroom <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote:
>
>>In the past, I've managed to shut down some fools here by asking the
>>following question, which NEVER gets a response:
>>
>>"Besides global warming, what OTHER reason is there for reducing
>>emissions?
>>This is a proven reason, and no sane person disagrees with it."
>
> I'm sure it gets a response. What it doesn't get is an answer,
> possibly because you're not Socrates and don't get to write both sides
> of the dialog.
>
> If you want to advance a reason for reducing emissions that you think
> is so compellng that only insane people would disagree with it, then
>
> #1) You're engaging in the dishonest rhetorical technique of
> "poisoning the well" and
> #2) You actually have to advance the reason. Your opponents aren't
> going to guess it for you.


You forgot #3: The reason has been known to all sentient humans since the
1970s and I find it amusing that not a single person has named the reason.
Anyone who needs to GUESS is a complete idiot. You know this is true.


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