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To: longnshort who wrote (11815)11/24/2009 6:35:13 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
Non sequitur can mean

"a conversational and literary device, often used for comical purposes"

en.wikipedia.org

but it can also mean

"an argument in which its conclusion does not follow from its premises"

or

"a statement in which premise and conclusion are totally unrelated but which is used as if they were"

en.wikipedia.org

1 : an inference that does not follow from the premises; specifically : a fallacy resulting from a simple conversion of a universal affirmative proposition or from the transposition of a condition and its consequent
2 : a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said

merriam-webster.com



To: longnshort who wrote (11815)11/24/2009 6:39:10 PM
From: Lane3  Respond to of 42652
 
no still not funny, it's the truth

It may or may not be funny and/or the truth but it's still off point. I understand that a logical argument sequence is not something that you value but taking trips down your hallucinogenic garden path does not interest me. I will respond to your posts when they are somewhere in the neighborhood of on point. The rest will get a "non sequitur" or a pass.


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