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  • From: dwashbur AT nyx.net
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Sodom's Historical Sin
  • Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:00:25 -0800

Gary,
I like what you said. I would just tweak one little aspect of it:

On 29 Jan 2010 at 12:50, Hedrick Gary wrote:

> 1. If anything, the repetition of emotionally-charged words weakens
> the argument rather than strengthening it. In rhetorical terms, we
> might say this is ad hominem argumentation.

It looks to me more like reductio ad absurdem argumentation, since the attack
is directed
more at a perceived situation than at specific individuals or groups.

Other than that, nicely done.

Did I mention that my alter ego's name is Sir Nitpick?

Dave Washburn

http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur




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