Direction of Fedora desktop manager Gnome, related to complaints in OT morons thread

[Bill Davidsen]

Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 03/21/2011 10:16 AM, stan wrote:
>> And it
>> begs the question of*why*  people might be deserting Fedora.
>
> No it doesn't; it *ASKS* the question.  "Begging the question" is a
> logical fallacy.  Please stop using that term like an illiterate moron,
> even if it is common usage.  Just because the common herd uses it
> doesn't make it right and to those of us who know what it means it makes
> you sound like an ID10T.

Wow, I guess you told HIM! Of course:
- you attacked the form of the comment rather than the topic
- "asks the question" and "begs the question" are not the same thing at all

But you sure made someone look like an idiot, by golly.

BTW: wikipedia will tell you what "begs the question" means.

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