From: Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca>
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Iran: Still a Standout
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 06:59:01 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Wed, 5 Feb 2025 06:50:04 -0000 (UTC), Dhu on Gate wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 18:18:27 -0800, Alan wrote:
>
>> On 2025-02-04 18:00, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 17:00:53 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2025-02-04 16:50, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 15:29:35 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2025-02-04 15:01, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 11:02:38 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2025-02-04 10:15, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 18:03:10 -0000 (UTC), Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 09:10:54 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-02-04 09:09, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 06:40:06 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-02-04 05:32, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://phys.org/news/2025-02-debunks-nuclear-misinformation-iran-earthquake.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Study debunks nuclear test misinformation following 2024 Iran earthquake
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A new study debunks claims that a magnitude 4.5 earthquake in Iran was a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> covert nuclear weapons test, as widely alleged on social media and some
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mainstream news outlets in October 2024, a period of heightened geopolitical
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tensions in the Middle East."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Still the only country (other than Canada ;) that can build nukes and doesn't.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You think that proving something wasn't a nuke tests proves they DON'T
>>>>>>>>>>>>> build nukes?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> No. It only proves that Iran's detractors continue to spew fake news.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Iran has serious problems that cannot be reasonably addressed because
>>>>>>>>>>>> western opposition intentionally disables meaningful internal discourse.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It is just as fake to pretend that you can know whether or not Iran is
>>>>>>>>>>> building nuclear weapons.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I believe their Ayatollahs' words more than yours: they're provably human.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Dhu
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> While you are just a source of semantic rubbish: your arguments usually
>>>>>>>>> require _Reductio_* which renders them delusional and not just wrong.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *truth by negation is subject to Russel's paradox.
>>>>>>>> In what sense is my argument here based on "reductio ad absurdum"?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *All* of your arguments are dependant on truth by negation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Explain how that applies in this case.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And explain how it is the same as "reductio ad absurdum" which is also
>>>>>> what you've said all my arguments use.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> You entirely abjure the use of constructive argument: I've said nothing ad absurdum.
>>>> What are form of rhetoric is referred to as "reductio", doofus?
>>>
>>> Truth by negation. Ad absurdum is only proof of it's futility.
>> You should study this stuff before you start babbling.
>
> You should not argue logic with me, then, Tin Cretin.
>
> Dhu
"It" doesn't get basic grammar so logic's a lost cause: back to the boards, doods.
Dhu
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