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Re:Peter Thiel: The Online Privacy Debate Won’t End With Gawker by linkregister on Monday August 15, 2016 @09:10PM (#12294812)
I'm convinced that stcredzero is intentionally misdirecting you into arguing about logical fallacies. Based off of her/his other comments in this thread, it doesn't appear that she or he cares much about them. stcredzero's viewpoint is clear and not focused on policing the thread from logical fallacies.

I would say it's a fallacy to harp on logical fallacies; it's not as if everyone has infinite time to convert all arguments to syllogisms. The common list of logical fallacies entered Western culture from the ancient Greeks but shouldn't be taken with religious fervor.

Re:Peter Thiel: The Online Privacy Debate Won’t End With Gawker by stcredzero on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @01:12PM (#12298914)
I'm convinced that stcredzero is intentionally misdirecting you into arguing about logical fallacies.

I'm just convinced coldtea is wrong. The fallacious use of logical fallacies has taken over far too much of public debate.

The common list of logical fallacies entered Western culture from the ancient Greeks but shouldn't be taken with religious fervor.

Sure. Let's apply them with logic.

Re:Peter Thiel: The Online Privacy Debate Won’t End With Gawker by aaronmhatch on Monday August 15, 2016 @09:58PM (#12295012)
Agreed. coldtea makes a good point.