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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: arguments
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Date: Wed, 12-Jun-85 15:21:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 12 15:21:00 1985
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>/* colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) /  1:21 pm  Jun 11, 1985 */

>> I don't see how anything can be gained in an argument by questioning the
>> motivations of your adversaries.

>It can get you out of a futile argument about abstractions and into one
>about realities.  Ignoring motivations usually gets you nowhere.

I agree.  However, if you doubt the motivations of your adversaries
sufficiently, it is perhaps best to leave the argument, since you have
little if anything to gain from it.

						Mike Sykora