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Subject:	Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing"
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Sat, 5 Oct 2002 23:39:38 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes: > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ed Jones writes: > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes: > > > > Quotations don't exist in a vacuum. The author, the times, the entire • context > > > from which the quotation is pulled is part of the chain of support that • makes > > > the appeal to authority valuable. That's the whole reason that we do appeal • to > > > those of perceived wisdom or special knowledge rathern than Moe the • bartender. > > > > Well, it seems that I did exactly what I was trying to avoid doing, which was > > coming in in the middle of another thread given a new header. > > Hunh? > > Chris Meaning I thought it was a fresh debate, rather than a carryover of another debate (which it seems to be).

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(...) Which debate, though? The one about West Wing, the one about quotations and their merit, or the one about the second amendment? I expect you could steer the threadlette in the direction you wanted it to go. But you would have to deal with the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing"
(...) context (...) bartender. (...) Hunh? Chris (22 years ago, 5-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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