From: marika@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this   
      
     To: alt.battlestar-galactica,   
      
   dru_mcd wrote:   
   > You have many logical errors in your arguments.   
      
   2 years here and I finally made it to my second argument   
      
   > It is incumbent on the person propositioning a theory   
   > to provide testable evidence to support the theory.   
   > It is not incumbent on the person receiving a theory   
   > to provide evidence in refute, only to address that the   
   > facts of the argument do not follow.   
   > ===================================   
   > Reason   
   >   
   >   
   > > Gambling is a product of right wing, libertarian ACLU supported  Organized   
   > Crime.   
   >   
   > This statement is false, gambling is not necessarily a product of organized   
   > crime.   
   > I can gamble anytime I want without connections to organized crime.   
   > This is a logical fallacy of hasty generalization.   
   >   
   > > Prostitution is a product of right wing, libertarian ACLU supported   
   > Organized Crime.   
   >   
   > Again, this statement is false, prostitution existed before ACLU or   
   > Organized Crime.   
   > Also, there are prostitutes who operate 'freelance' with no connection to   
   > anyone else.   
   > This again is a logical fallacy of hasty generalization.   
   >   
   > > Clearly these two guys know that they are fighting over something that is   
   > non-human, thus Bestiality.   
   >   
   > Anything non-human is not automatically animal.  I cannot have bestiality   
   > with a sex toy.   
   > This is a false analogy at best, a syllogistic fallacy at worst.   
   >   
   > > The clear message is, if these two guys can pervert heterosexual sex to   
   > Bestiality in this way,   
   > > what could possibly be so wrong with 2 men,  like Apollo and Zerak, or   
   > Zerak and Meier,  and Sodomy ?   
   >   
   > Ignoring the fact that the statement preceding this one was false, this is a   
   > classic example   
   > of the slippery slope.   
   >   
   > > The giggling fit of Starbuck in this scene conjured up the effects of   
   > drugs, even laughing gas.   
   >   
   > In context, Starbuck's giggling is due to anoxia, a known symptom - slothful   
   > induction.   
      
   he has lost quite a bit of weight, and says he is getting   
   married next year   
      
      
   >   
   > > Drugs are a product of right wing, libertarian ACLU supported  Organized   
   > Crime.   
   >   
   > This again is a logical fallacy of hasty generalization.   
      
   catch this, he didn't recognize it   
      
   mk5000   
      
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