M: Oh look, this isn’t an argument.
A: Yes it is.
M: No it isn’t. It’s just contradiction.
A: No it isn’t.
M: It is!
A: It is not.
M: Look, you just contradicted me.
A: I did not.
M: Oh you did!!
A: No, no, no.
M: You did just then.
A: Nonsense!
M: Oh, this is futile!
A: No it isn’t.
M: I came here for a good argument.
A: No you didn’t; no, you came here for an argument.
M: An argument isn’t just contradiction.
A: It can be.
M: No it can’t. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
A: No it isn’t.
M: Yes it is! It’s not just contradiction.
A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
M: Yes, but that’s not just saying ‘No it isn’t.’
A: Yes it is!
M: No it isn’t!
Michael – I wonder if you’ve misrepresented DH5 slightly. Specifically, you say that, at DH5, you “find the mistake” and refute it. I would phrase this as, you “find a mistake” and refute it.
If you actually find and refute “the mistake” then you’re up at DH6, aren’t you?
May 29th, 2008 - 11:23
M: Oh look, this isn’t an argument.
A: Yes it is.
M: No it isn’t. It’s just contradiction.
A: No it isn’t.
M: It is!
A: It is not.
M: Look, you just contradicted me.
A: I did not.
M: Oh you did!!
A: No, no, no.
M: You did just then.
A: Nonsense!
M: Oh, this is futile!
A: No it isn’t.
M: I came here for a good argument.
A: No you didn’t; no, you came here for an argument.
M: An argument isn’t just contradiction.
A: It can be.
M: No it can’t. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
A: No it isn’t.
M: Yes it is! It’s not just contradiction.
A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
M: Yes, but that’s not just saying ‘No it isn’t.’
A: Yes it is!
M: No it isn’t!
- Monty Python “Arguement Sketch”
May 29th, 2008 - 20:07
Paul Graham? He scammed Yahoo into buying a broken, by his own admission, piece of junk software product Viaweb.
Consider the source.
May 29th, 2008 - 22:28
Well done, Randy! ;)
May 30th, 2008 - 13:31
you’re an ass-hat. Fucking awesome word that is.
May 30th, 2008 - 15:39
I think I just experienced every one of these on one of your previous posts, Michael. I may have been guilty of a couple… :-O
By the way, thanks for the closing remark which totally summed up what I was saying!
Peace, bro…Hope all is well.
May 31st, 2008 - 09:14
I will quote this often on digg.
May 31st, 2008 - 15:04
Michael – I wonder if you’ve misrepresented DH5 slightly. Specifically, you say that, at DH5, you “find the mistake” and refute it. I would phrase this as, you “find a mistake” and refute it.
If you actually find and refute “the mistake” then you’re up at DH6, aren’t you?
June 1st, 2008 - 10:18
you’re an ass-hat. Fucking awesome word that is.
This was funny/new circa 2002.
June 5th, 2008 - 15:13
“Paul Graham? He scammed Yahoo into buying a broken, by his own admission, piece of junk software product Viaweb.
Consider the source.”
Congratulations you went straight for number two from the bottom “ad-hominem”
June 6th, 2008 - 23:37
You forgot Godwin’s layer.
August 27th, 2010 - 03:48
“The bottom two are what Liberals do most often.” I think you’ll find it’s quite the other way round…