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Yes and No
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From: M Purcell <sacsca...@aol.com>
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Subject: Re: Yes and No
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 07:49:42 -0700 (PDT)
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On Jun 9, 4:43=A0am, "David" <da...@ddmail.us> wrote:
> "%" =A0wrote in messagenews:FIKdnSxNE42qOE_SnZ2dnUVZ_rKdnZ2d@giganews.com=
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> M Purcell wrote:
> > On Jun 7, 6:36 pm, Ilya Shambat <ibsham...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> There are many people who believe that one should answer all
> >> questions with yes and no; but there are questions that do not have
> >> a yes or no answer.
>
> >> A question such as "have you stopped bombing airports" does not have
> >> a yes or no answer.
>
> > That's called a leading question, it's a logical fallacy.
>
> >> You say yes, you are saying that you've done it before and have
> >> stopped doing it. You say no, you are saying that you've done it
> >> before and are still doing it. So unless you've actually bombed
> >> airports, neither a yes answer nor a no answer would be right.
>
> sure it has an answer
>
> Here?
In alt.philosophy? It does seem farfetched but an answer would be: I
never bombed airports.