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[Tim]

Tim:
>> Begs the question:  Has this no-logging become a new default, or just
>> a fault?

Joe Zeff:
> <set mode="pedant">
> No, it doesn't, it asks the question.  Begging the question is
> something entirely different which would better be called assuming
> your conclusion.

Tim sets the super pedant mode...  Do some more research.  What I did
*is* accepted correct modern usage of "begs the question."  (Some
situation just screams for the question to be asked, so it is asked.
But *it* didn't "ask" anything, *it* isn't capable of asking questions.)

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