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To: Captain Walker

“...Anyone from Pope John Paul II to Donald Trump to the millions of people who were publicly stating that the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was a Very Stupid Thing to Do are all too familiar with these lines.
But the truth of these words does nothing to deny the existence of a Natural Law we are obliged to follow.” [Captain Walker, post 186]

Anybody who uses leading capitals (Very Stupid Thing, Natural Law) is arguing from authority. Such arguments have no place in a discussion of reality. Long-distance psychologizing via chatboard post is an iffy thing, but my experience indicates that those who resort such arguments are more interested in bludgeoning or frightening the rest of us into submission, than they are in any meaningful analysis of the real situation.


196 posted on 02/20/2020 2:53:17 PM PST by schurmann
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To: schurmann
Anybody who uses leading capitals (Very Stupid Thing, Natural Law) is arguing from authority.

Or emphasizing a point...

Referring to your post, I would point out the obvious: one can use psychology to put on airs on an internet site without any use of capital letters at all.

199 posted on 02/20/2020 8:31:53 PM PST by Captain Walker
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