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To: madg
Madg is a True Believer who will remain unpersuaded, no matter what.

I feel like having fun: imagine a conversation with such a person:

Madg opines: "No man will ever be President of the United States."

"That's silly. Happens all the time."

"Ha! That's ridiculous! Educated people know it's not true. Name one!"

"George Washington."

"Oh, so 1 example? That's all you have? You extrapolate your data based on one data-point? Don't you think your conclusion is a bit far-fetched? You'd never make it as a scientist! Go on, name another (as if you can)! "

"John Adams."

"Two? That's it? This is silly! There's 3 billion men on the planet, and all you can come up with is 2 who have been President of the United States!"

"Thomas Jefferson."

"Look, these 3 are not men as recognized in the current scientific literature. You're making my case for me. I think people watching this debate realize that you're losing. Clearly, no man has ever been President of the United States."

"James Madison."

"Look, the post-structuralist antinomian view of societal influences may persuade, in a teleological sense, that post-colonial praxis can be realized in a statis environment. But the point you're trying to make was proven to be outmoded by Schottscrer at the Vienna Conference in 1953! No one but a Garibaldian holds those views now! In fact, the dominant hegemony of a patriarchal construct specifically argues against the post-modern denominalist superstructure that you're trying to erect. I think you should admit defeat."

32 posted on 09/20/2002 12:35:11 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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