Re: "non-free" software included in contrib
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- Subject: Re: "non-free" software included in contrib
- From: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 21:01:12 +1000
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On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 09:47:46AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> Ah, reductio ad absurdum. Such a wonderful means of demonstrating that you
> can't think up a decent argument, so you'll take something to it's illogical
> extreme to try and scare some people.
more accurately, it is a useful tool for highlighting the absurdity of a given
argument by pointing out the inevitable and logical conclusions of that
argument.
craig
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