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Buckwheat Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 1:46 PM EST
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I think that this phrase applies to a lot of the arguments on this board and in the current political discourse. Beer
HockeyDad Offline
#2 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 1:49 PM EST
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Speak English.....we won that war.
Buckwheat Offline
#3 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 2:36 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Speak English.....we won that war.


I didn’t realize that the US went to war against any Latin speaking countries. My bad. Sarcasm

And here I thought that Latin was a dead language. fog

Reductio ad absurdum = reduction to absurdity d'oh! Frying pan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum
ZRX1200 Offline
#4 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 3:01 PM EST
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Vim vi repello
dstieger Offline
#5 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 3:13 PM EST
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or some of the corollaries....

Expansion to absurdity (otherwise knows as jpottsitized)

Senility induced absurdity

Reduction to rugby jokes

Absurdity for Absurdity's Sake (cbbb - esp. Politics forum, but often Trades and Gen, as well)

I almost forgot.....

Smellmop
teedubbya Offline
#6 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 4:13 PM EST
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don't let your meat loaf
ZRX1200 Offline
#7 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 4:21 PM EST
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Keep your timber limber!
teedubbya Offline
#8 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 4:22 PM EST
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don't let the fireman spit
ZRX1200 Offline
#9 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 4:26 PM EST
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Officially jacked?
teedubbya Offline
#10 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 4:27 PM EST
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squirt the smurf baby
DadZilla3 Offline
#11 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 5:11 PM EST
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Veni Vidi Vino
fiddler898 Offline
#12 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 5:20 PM EST
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Actually I find the most oft-applied, and therefore abused, logical fallacy of this political season, to be "post hoc, ergo prompter hoc." "After which, therefore because of which."

In case anyone wants to know what I think.
Gene363 Offline
#13 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 5:26 PM EST
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Vescere bracis meis
Gene363 Offline
#14 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 5:30 PM EST
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Buckwheat wrote:
I think that this phrase applies to a lot of the arguments on this board and in the current political discourse. Beer



I always thought it was: argumentum ad hominem
lgops Offline
#15 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 5:30 PM EST
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Sua Sponte!
Gene363 Offline
#16 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 5:32 PM EST
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lgops wrote:
Sua Sponte!


Latin for, "I have a keyboard, therefore I'm an expert."
bloody spaniard Offline
#17 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 5:41 PM EST
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I doubt many here studied Latin.

Thank God for google, eh?RollEyes
lgops Offline
#18 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 5:42 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:

Latin for, "I have a keyboard, therefore I'm an expert."



Huh
lgops Offline
#19 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 5:43 PM EST
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bloody spaniard wrote:
I doubt many here studied Latin.

Thank God for google, eh?RollEyes



Me thinks Gene363's google is broken
bloody spaniard Offline
#20 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 5:45 PM EST
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lgops wrote:
Me thinks Gene363's google is broken



LOL! I think it was a diving accident.Pray
Gene363 Offline
#21 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 6:06 PM EST
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lgops wrote:
Me thinks Gene363's google is broken



Not really, it's my will, Latin is a dead language, but language is not dead. horse

Latin: "of his, her, its or their own accord."
rumraider Offline
#22 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 6:12 PM EST
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Credo quia absurdum est
lgops Offline
#23 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 6:49 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:

Not really, it's my will, Latin is a dead language, but language is not dead. horse

Latin: "of his, her, its or their own accord."



Also the Ranger Motto, "Of their own accord"
bloody spaniard Offline
#24 Posted: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 7:22 PM EST
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Latin exchange in Tombstone:


Doc: In Vino Veritas.
Wine loosens the tongue (reveals truth).

Ringo: Age Quod Agis.
Pay attention (or do) to what you do best.

Doc: Credat Judaeus Apella, Non Ego.
The Jew Apella might believe it, but not I.

Ringo (tapping his gun): Eventus Stultorum Magister.
Fools must learn through experience.

Doc: In Pace Requiescat.
Rest in peace (it's your funeral).

Applause
Stinkdyr Offline
#25 Posted: Fri, Sep 14 2012, 7:37 AM EST
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Vidi Vici....Veni


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdv_6i0s1rM&feature=related




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