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RE: Criminal syllogism
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- Subject: RE: Criminal syllogism
- From: "Dale Courtney" <dmcourtn@moscow.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 08:40:26 -0700
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Joan astutely replied:
> >The syllogism from government education goes like this:
> >
> >1. Men and women are equal
> >2. Men bear their breasts in public
> >3. Women should bear their breasts in public
>
> I think you may have confused syllogism with vicious circle.
Undefined
> terms, excluded middle, inclusion of that pesky word should . . .
But that's *exactly* the argument that people on this list have been
using! *Since* men and women are equal, women should be able to _bare_
their breasts.
The other error is the equivocation on the word "equal".
Dale Courtney
Moscow, ID
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