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To: Rambi who wrote (70791)	6/4/2008 10:01:10 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542897

This one I am not sure I understand Argumentum ex silentio I don't think we have to concern ourselves with that one here given the dearth of silentio hereabouts. <g>

To: Rambi who wrote (70791)	6/5/2008 3:47:03 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542897

>>This one I am not sure I understand Argumentum ex silentio- out of silence; based on the absence of firm evidence.<< Rambi - Perhaps the argument that we knew Saddam Hussein had not gotten rid of his WMDs because he had not provided us with firm proof that he had is an example of that kind of argument. Then there was the famous Rumsfeld line, "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." As we saw, the WMDs were, in fact, absent. Thanks for posting those. I love Latin. We may not see the argumentum ad baculinum around here, but we sure see the argumentum ad individium coming up in the campaign. - Allen