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"but i know why folks do it,
because it makes it easier to argue
their pre-existing point of view."
Yeah, I'm actually studying this at the moment
for my rhetoric class;
defintely does fall into the catagory of circular reasoning.
I'm trying to find the Latin...
shit, it falls into about ten catagories of logical fallacies.
lol
I do find it interesting how this is used by both sides;
in Iraq it fuels the insurgency and in America it fuels the anti-war sentiment.
I am forced to believe that a large part of this war is based in oil,
whether this is a hasty generalization or some other fallacy, I don't know,
it probably is.
But if it is I would be interested in seeing the actual reasoning for the war
since other reasons given are also laden with the same kinds of rhetoric.
I should see if I can find some interesting Chomsky;
he tends to explain stuff well.
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