Posts Tagged "debates"

Ward 8 Debate Video

Posted by on Oct 10, 2010 | 2 comments

I was sick as a dog and all that gravy from the Thanksgiving “brunch” did not help.  Fortunately Rick Di Lorenzo was ready with painkillers, they helped a lot. [I said “train” when I meant “bus”. Bus goes on Bronte, not a train.  Blame it on my illness] ...

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Arguments…

Posted by on Jul 24, 2009 | 0 comments

This is a followup to my post on logical thinking.  Here’s something I said :- Over the next few weeks I’ll analyze some arguments commonly presented (and sadly, accepted) by people that are about as valid as 1+1=11.  Just because it seems logical, it doesn’t mean it is. I mentioned one of my pet peeves related to arguments in the previous post.  Here are a few more that annoy me to no end.   I am not just ranting about my pet peeves.  I am mentioning these because it is my belief that many disagreements stem from people’s inability to think logically, rather than...

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