Thread: Now Iran?!?!
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Old 08-15-2007, 11:39 PM
CallMeIshmael CallMeIshmael is offline
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Default Re: Now Iran?!?!

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Because thats not an argument unless you can prove that its "wrong", which you can't since "wrong" is subjective.

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I dont disagree with the premise, that 'wrong' is a subjective term, and thus any claim that something is wrong is unprovable.

However, the leap in logic you make from this premise to "thats not an argument because you cant prove it" is just silly. If Euclid couldnt get through the basics of lines without a ton of unprovable assumptions, then political discussion would be pointless if "you cant prove it" were a valid reason to conclude "therefore its not an argument." Every political argument since the beginning of the time has rested on unprovable assumptions.


Also, an 'argument' is, by its nature, going to be unprovable. If it werent, we wouldnt call it 'argument', it would be called 'fact'.
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