6 Mar
2001
6 Mar
'01
9:29 p.m.
-- At 09:23 PM 3/4/2001 -0500, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
David,
You still don't get it. 'Read my book' is not a valid move in a debate. If you were to stand up in front of the Oxford Union and say 'my book proves the case entirely' then sat down with no further elaboration you lose the debate.
This depends on the relative status of the debaters. Your status as an expert is perhaps less than you perceive it to be. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG 7nyEypwoXGtjljpB281LxgekQkbzCtLPiWYid99E 4L9TA3M8sE2epY4cVpAqzGwPC9S1AKAsQ7SuF2+nq