On 2003-08-25 18:25, Zarana wrote:
This also comes from a child who is not clear on the meaning of the word "intellectual," which incidentally is completely different than his narrow-minded definition of the word.
"intellect" - the ability to understand and to think in an intelligent way, or the ability to do these things to a high level
"intellectual" - a highly educated person whose interests are studying and other activities that involve careful thinking and mental effort
Strange, those don't sound like your definition. An intellectual is not someone who quickly processes information. In fact, I daresay it could be argued that an intellectual and a wise person are one and the same. But before you go off on another one of your little tangents, here is something you should become acquainted with.
The logical fallacy called "Straw Man," or the process by which someone looks at the argument in terms so simple that they cannot appear wrong. The act of attacking someone on an argument different from (and weaker than) their actual case.
So by using your precious straw man fallacy, you were able to twist the word "intellectual" into the word "intelligence," thereby convincing yourself that you had a point. But in reality, all you did was forfeit. Using fallacies is an automatic forfeit in any debate, an automatic failure on any argumentative paper and just isn't very polite. A fact of which, of course, a self-proclaimed 'educated person' like yourself should be well aware.
Take your fallacies and your losing arguments elsewhere, _J. If you would stop trying to just get a childish thrill and actually obey proper etiquette, maybe people would take you more seriously. And I daresay not hate you as much.
P.S.: No one is going to take grammatical advice from someone who frequently mixes up the words 'your' and 'you're,' so before you make this type of correction you ought to at least practice what you preach.
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