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Re: Remember Rossi

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"The questions might seem "simple" to media hacks like Limbaugh, Hannity, and O'Reilly, . . . . . . . . It's very simple if you are willing to take a stand. Which obviously you are not"

I'll take a stand, and here it is:

Intelligent discussion tends to abandon "yes or no" questions, particularly when the terminology embedded in the questions is so highly suspect.

What you are doing (and what the media hacks do) is a very inelegant form of what used to be called "leading the witness."

Herring405

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"The questions might seem "simple" to media hacks like Limbaugh, Hannity, and O'Reilly, . . . . . . . . It's very simple if you are willing to take a stand. Which obviously you are not"

I'll take a stand, and here it is:

Intelligent discussion tends to abandon "yes or no" questions, particularly when the terminology embedded in the questions is so highly suspect.

What you are doing (and what the media hacks do) is a very inelegant form of what used to be called "leading the witness."

Herring405

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