Starting Today, Facebook Apps Can Ask You To Hand Over Your Email Address

Re:Starting Today, Facebook Apps Can Ask You To Hand Over Yo... by novum on Wednesday January 20, 2010 @03:46PM (#1065742)

I agree with you, but your use of "begs the question" is wrong, and given that I'm in a pedantic mood (and that this is a mistake I've seen before on HN), I'd like to offer a word on the subject.

Begging the question is a logical fallacy in which you essentially assume your conclusion as part of formulating your argument. Instead, you probably mean something more like "Which brings up the question".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question

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Re:Starting Today, Facebook Apps Can Ask You To Hand Over Yo... by westbywest on Wednesday January 20, 2010 @03:51PM (#1065754)

Fair enough, and thx for the reference. Idiom and logic rarely get along together.

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Re:Starting Today, Facebook Apps Can Ask You To Hand Over Yo... by sachinag on Wednesday January 20, 2010 @04:04PM (#1065776)

"Raises the question" is a perfectly acceptable usage.

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