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From: esco@ssc-vax.UUCP (Michael Esco)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Friends, Romans, or Current Occupants
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Date: Wed, 29-May-85 20:09:54 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 29 20:09:54 1985
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 > Lest some people forget Mark Antony's
 > words " I come not to bury Caesar, I come to praise him", one of the
 > best debate tactics is to acknowlege the validity of your opponent's
 > arguements.

I admit that I don't know much about the tactics of formal debate. But I
would think that if you quote a well known line you would do well to:

	a) get the line right,
	b) know the source,
	c) know the context.

The above quote is from a Shakespeare play*, it goes the other way round**,
and Antony was speaking of Brutus' position sarcastically.

							Michael Esco
							Boeing Aerospace

* `Julius Caesar' (sp) - sort of an early docudrama for you videophiles.
** Off the top of my head `I come not to praise Caesar, but to bury him.'