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Also, see rg's rhetoric thread.

This debate seems to be almost entirely rhetorical - it reads like a disconnected list of quick-hit soundbite talking points which are supposed to misdirect and disguise, not reveal, the true moral beliefs of the participants.

I don't think either of them is being straightforward or honest about their true positions - it reads to me more as if they're starting from their positions, arguing back from them, but at the same time trying to spin and hide their honest opinions because they wouldn't be acceptable in polite company.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Dec 6th, 2008 at 12:34:38 PM EST
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This may be a result of the fact that both parties were talking to an audience who are aware of the main bulk of the ideas in contention. So really they're just skating the surfaces of the disagreements, not really getting to task with their differences of opinion.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Dec 7th, 2008 at 06:59:40 AM EST
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