On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 09:47:46AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > Ah, reductio ad absurdum. Such a wonderful means of demonstrating that you > can't think up a decent argument, so you'll take something to it's illogical > extreme to try and scare some people.
more accurately, it is a useful tool for highlighting the absurdity of a given argument by pointing out the inevitable and logical conclusions of that argument. craig
