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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by Epa095 on Saturday April 05, 2025 @02:59PM (#43595907)
It raises the question, it does not beg it. Begging the question is e.g saying 'If advertisement was bad for you it would be forbidden. Since it's not forbidden it's not bad for us. Therefor we should not forbid it.'
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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by glacier5674 on Saturday April 05, 2025 @04:35PM (#43596623)
I've heard so many respectable intellectuals use "beg the question" instead of "raise the question" that correcting the usage has surpassed pedantry and gone into ignorance of "definition b".

It's like correcting someone on the pronunciation of French-English forte. It just gets you uninvited next time.

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