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Proposed Rules for Debates

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Taq
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03-21-2014 4:45 PM 		Reply to: Message 11 by PaulK
03-21-2014 3:09 PM

Limiting argument to valid logically deductive arguments would be foolish and unnecessarily limiting.
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Exactly. We would have to throw out inference from the very start which would disqualify all of science. Of course, if the debate were to deal with science then the debate would be over quite quickly.
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03-25-2014 7:54 PM 		Reply to: Message 34 by Faith
03-25-2014 8:39 AM

Re: Pressie is two edumacated
Thanks again for the insult. If I didn't get insults at EvC I'd feel I wasn't doing my job.
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Nothing like saying something stupid, and then claiming persecution because someone points out how stupid your statements are.
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