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Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.
Barry Eisler: The Definition of Insanity Barry Eisler 2010
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To label an argument question-begging, and then show how it is question begging seems rhetrically sound to me.
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January 31st, 2010 at 10: 55 pm tombaker says: puerile, question-begging simps. the one thing righties never lament a shortage of.
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Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.
Barry Eisler: The Definition of Insanity Barry Eisler 2010
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Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.
Barry Eisler: The Definition of Insanity Barry Eisler 2010
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It's easy to forget how influential Freudianism once was, and I've got to admit that I prefer the question-begging of the DSM-IV-TR to the pompous absurdity of psycho-analysis.
Rothbard on Szasz, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It is sufficient to answer this paltry exercise in question-begging by noting that the Japanese, by this time, were more than prepared to surrender and would have done so had their Emperor been explicitly exempt from prosecution under the terms of the Potsdam Declaration - and that, furthermore, this was known to the American government, which had succeeded in cracking Japanese codes.
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Arguing that preferences should be “respected” just because they are “customary” is just so much question-begging.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Rise of the New Paternalism” 2010
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I myself am pro-life (or, if you like, “anti-choice”) because I fail to find convincing any argument for evolving “personhood” that is not either question-begging or arbitrary.
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Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.
Barry Eisler: The Definition of Insanity Barry Eisler 2010
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