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Old Sep 11, 2003, 10:33 pm   #10 (permalink) (top)
Geoff332
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dispute any logic
Given that your repoonse was rhetorical, and not logical, it seemed the most approriate response. Of course, it's not really a correct assessment.

There are two basic ways of disputing a logical argument. Any logical argument has a set of premises and a conclusion that follows from those premises. To dispute a logical argument, you can either challenge the premises or you can challenge the case for the conclusion following from the premises stated. In this particular case, one of your (implied) premises was that of the 'liberal media' and it's role in society. Since what you meant by the 'liberal media' wasn't made explicit, it would be foolish of me to start to put words in your mouth and critique that idea. So I asked you to clarify it. As far as logical critiques go, this is a pretty basic first step. But, of course, you knew that, since you prize reason so highly.

One further point, before you bother to raise it. I haven't presented any argument of my own here (or rather, I did at the start of this thread, but I haven't since then).
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