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Denis inquired elsewhere:dpellerin #6 [-] Posts: 641 (06/07/10 7:54 AM) 67.70.86.220 ReplyQuoteEditDel MoreMy Recent PostsMessage MeBlockingIgnore User's PostsReport PostShow/Hide User's PostsBanManageHide I wandered over to the Grey Havens looking for the balance of that "Hoogah" discussion So you still don that hazmat suit when you wander over there? Seems puddin face could sure use one.
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67.70.86.220
I wandered over to the Grey Havens looking for the balance of that "Hoogah" discussion
victin #40 [-] Posts: 947 (06/06/10 8:40 PM) ReplyQuote MoreMy Recent PostsMessage MeBlockingIgnore User's Posts all I can say is everyone is entitled to their little opinions, guess that is what discussion bds are for...
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I'm entitled to my opinion or I have a right to my opinion is a common declaration in rhetoric or debate that can be made in an attempt to persuade others to hold the opinion. When asserted for this reason, the statement exempifies an informal logical fallacy of the type red herring. Whether one has a particular entitlement or right is irrelevant to whether their assertion is true or false. To assert the existence of the right is a failure to assert any justification for the opinion. It can sometimes be an instance of the formal fallacy of equivocation when any of the various concepts of 'a right' - legal rights, natural rights or entitlement are confused.Whyte, Jamie, ch. 1., 'The Right to Your Opinion', Crimes Against Logic, McGraw-Hill, 2004
I'm entitled to my opinion or I have a right to my opinion is a common declaration in rhetoric or debate that can be made in an attempt to persuade others to hold the opinion. When asserted for this reason, the statement exempifies an informal logical fallacy of the type red herring. Whether one has a particular entitlement or right is irrelevant to whether their assertion is true or false. To assert the existence of the right is a failure to assert any justification for the opinion.
It can sometimes be an instance of the formal fallacy of equivocation when any of the various concepts of 'a right' - legal rights, natural rights or entitlement are confused.
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