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In lugnet.harrypotter, Matthew Gerber writes:
> In lugnet.harrypotter, Maggie Cambron writes:
> > In lugnet.harrypotter, Matthew Gerber writes:
> >
> > > 1) Is it just me, or does it look lke theSnape head is glow-in-the-dark?
> > > Page 4, left-hand side, characters...the plastic of his head has a
> > > translucense, Page 5, Hogwarts Castle, he's pretty much glowing, Page 6,
> > > Snape's Class, got a real good glow on...this begs the question...WHY?
> >
> > Aw, gee Matt! I thought we had settled the question about begging the
> > question....
> >
> > http://news.lugnet.com/castle/?n=9989
>
> So , you're saying that "begs the question" somehow DOESN'T belong in the
> catagory of reasoning processes?
Not at all... it belongs in the category of logical fallacy.
> It's not an antonym of reasoning?
>
> In the way I used it, it's NOT a verb facetiously inviting folks to reason
> out the meaning of a possibly glowing Snape head in the Harry Potter line,
> when there is no evidence of this phenomenon in the books?
>
> When used in this way, it becomes rhetorical, correct?
>
> And that was my point...there really IS no question...if it does, it
> shouldn't, but it looks as if it might, which is strange since there is no
> evidence of it in the books...so, why, but not in the sense that I'm
> expecting an actual answer...just that I'm pointing out to folks that they
> may have reason to wonder if, in fact, it does when it shouldn't! *WHEW*
My apologies for missing your point. I guess I'm just one of those people who,
when hearing the hoofbeats, thinks horses, not zebras.
> And in case I'm just pulling all of this out of my ***, chalk it all up to
> common usage overtaking dictionary definitions.
Sometimes it's enough to make one weep....
> Now...since we're boring the heck out of .harrypotter, do you have some
> answer or opinion on the issue of Snape's possibly glowing head, or not?
In fact I do! It's just like the Florence flask-- the ghostly glow of Snape's
head has been added by an artist. The head is really like those on the
Adventurer mummy-- non-glowing grey. I base MY reasoning on the assumption
that LEGO would not miss an opportunity to tout the head's glowing qualities
were it so (remember how the ads for castle sets for a while stated, "Includes
glow-in-the-dark ghost!!!"?).
Maggie
> Matt
>
> (before offense is taken, everything above is written with toung firmly
> planted in cheek)
Ditto! ;-)
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