From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Nov 07 2002 - 15:51:05 MST
On Thursday 07 November 2002 14:21, Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
> >...
> When an argument (or what pretends to be an argument) is a loggerheads
> over definitions, the easiest thing to do is simply accept your
> opponent's definitions fully as they are, propose new words and
> definitions for the things /you/ want to discuss, and move on.
>
> Of course that assumes that you /do/ have a clear image of what
> you actually want to argue about.
But to do that, you need a clear idea of what their definitions are. Which is
what I have had a problem with.
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