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    #71
    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    Possibly, but I suspect it's more commonly used to misrepresent another person's views when promoting one's own views. It's easy; twist another person's words into a ridiculous viewpoint that's easy to attack, then attack the ridiculous viewpoint instead of the original, rationally defendable point. It works when trying to persuade observers with very limited training in logic.
    It is a tactic you use all the time.
    Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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      #72
      Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
      Possibly, but I suspect it's more commonly used to misrepresent another person's views when promoting one's own views. It's easy; twist another person's words into a ridiculous viewpoint that's easy to attack, then attack the ridiculous viewpoint instead of the original, rationally defendable point. It works when trying to persuade observers with very limited training in logic.
      This is certainly what I typically do when dealing with the standard CUK fodder.

      And defensible
      The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.

      George Frederic Watts

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_Park

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        #73
        Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
        It is a tactic you use all the time.
        So you're saying he NEVER uses any other tactic, are you?
        The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.

        George Frederic Watts

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_Park

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          #74
          Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
          Oh you're here too! I'd forgotten!

          Darmstadt said we should stop using big words!
          why you two having problems with them?

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            #75
            Originally posted by speling bee View Post
            So you're saying he NEVER uses any other tactic, are you?


            On a serious note you are right because I was lazily making a sweeping statement that could be interpreted as exaggeration.
            Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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              #76
              A conversation about Farage’s discomfort, sitting in a train carriage in which nobody else spoke English, was surreal.

              Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                #77
                Originally posted by darmstadt View Post


                Actually was amused today, walking about West Drayton and there was a builder trying to work out how to get a 25KG bag of sand into a plastic tub/bucket that it was too small for it. Proper builder with his cleavage showing and sealant splashed clothes, fag out of the corner of his mouth. Only thing he was missing was a copy of the Sun & a mug of tea. All of this was out of the corner of my eye I sort of discounted it as normal.

                Then he started swearing at the bucket in Eastern European. I nearly started laughing at the incongruity of it.

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                  #78
                  So what's the Polish, or whatever, for F* bucket? That's an idea, if we all learnt to swear in an obscure language we could do it whenever we felt like without offending anyone.
                  bloggoth

                  If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
                  John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                    #79
                    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
                    So what's the Polish, or whatever, for F* bucket? That's an idea, if we all learnt to swear in an obscure language we could do it whenever we felt like without offending anyone.
                    Dupek
                    Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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                      #80
                      Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
                      So what's the Polish, or whatever, for F* bucket?
                      MrsSuity

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