reducto

I dub this type of poem a "reducto," for its features of narrowing information as it goes.

COMIXTALK 2009

I dub this type of poem a "reducto," for its features of narrowing information as it goes.

COMIXTALK 2009

Indeed, and I was thinking about an even more drastic reducto ad absurdium argument.

Is Sony legally required to make its games accessible to disabled people? - Boing Boing 2009

There are so few reporters left in town that sniping is reducto ad absurdum.

Chasse was kicked or stomped in the back (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

This reducto type argument of yours is merely absurd.

Rabett Run EliRabett 2009

Yes, I know, reducto ad ridiculouso – but the people who roll their eyes when I tease them with these scenarios usually turn out to be the ones who think there should be carbon accounts.

Thursday, May 28 – The Bleat. 2009

Oh, and then there is the question of the reducto argument — well, how about third-generation ties to Nazi sympathiziers in Brazil?

The Volokh Conspiracy » No Establishment Clause Violation in San Francisco’s Condemning the Catholic Church’s Refusal To Help With Adoptions by Same-Sex Couples: 2009

But later in the film, in Moore's reducto history of U.S. - Cuban relations, Kennedy is lampooned.

Matt Cooper: Sicko, Flawed But Brilliant 2008

I've also been teaching a fantastic essay by Ray Suarez called Familiar Strangers, which he starts with this reducto ad absurdum argument exposing a little of the racism inherent in our society:

Rob Stafford: Five Things Students Really Should Know Before They Get To College 2008

We could, of course, suggest a reducto ad absurdum that the people would be best, and most economically served by establishing a committee of "notables" from the current incumbents, to be chaired by the governor, to select future office holders from those who apply, based on their judgement of who would be "best for the job".

Sound Politics: The logical extension of publicly financed campaigns 2006