No Brian - sophistry is about telling the set of lies that suits your own
argument while accusing the other guy of lying.
It occurs on both sides though not equally - but I'll err on the side of
caution, not self-interested mendacity.
Andrew Fildes
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On 08/08/2011, at 8:55 PM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Andrew wrote
>> That's right, but an Oxbridge classics degree is fairly serious.
>> At least he would have been well trained in sophistry.
>
> Maybe expertise in that is why Monckton likes liar-busting, which is what
> he's doing over here.
> I'm enjoying transcribing the MP3, even if it is slow work.
>
> It, and internet resources I have found, also reinforce what Chuck just wrote.
>
> Brian Swale.
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