From: madhaus@netcom.com (Maddi Hausmann)
Subject: Re: For those that care enough to read the very best
Organization: Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 00:09:36 GMT

phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone) writes: >

>For those that care: A correction from sloppy editing. A woman who is leading
>an effort to recall Packwood ran against him in 1986 and supported the
>liberal congressman whom Packwood just defeated. Between the line noise
 ^^^^^^^
>and the netcom hangs (and typing on/off while working) I dropped and mangled
>part of the sentence.

DING! DING! DING!  I found another BIG LIE.  Les AuCoin is about
as conservative as Democrats go, and far to the right of Packwood.

>In the meantime, how many people a still think Michels of SCO has been
>"charged" with anything?

We've beaten this one to death, so once again I get an Accentus
score here for your deliberate misuse of the word "charge."  30 points.

>And R.H.F. still has a PC whiff.

Oh boy!  Insults in a new thread, mention of PC, and assertion
without proof.  30 points!

>And, can't we talk about something more interesting on ba.politics than
>cable TV -- say, how about them NAMBLA guys ..... ?

You just love stirring up shit, don't you, Phil?  That's 10 points
for changing the subject, 2 for the Red Herring, and 45 for ignoring
3 ISSUES.

My score this round: 
                       AuCoin not liberal:  25 points
                       Misuse of "charge"   30 points
                       Old r.h.f. insult     5 points
                       Obligatory PC         5 points
                       Assertion w/o proof   5 points
                       Subject change       10 points
                       NAMBLA distraction    2 points
                       Issue avoidance (3)  45 points
                       ------------------------------
                                           127 points

Good luck, everyone!

How to Score at Phil-O-Matic:

Locate BIG LIE........................25 points
Locate CHANGE OF SUBJECT..............10 points per subject change
Locate ISSUE IGNORED..................15 points per ignored issue
Locate LOGICAL FALLACY:
   Argumentum ad Nauseum...............1 point
   Argumentum ad Hominem...............2 points
   Red Herring.........................2 points
   Loaded Question.....................5 points
   Argumentum ad Populum..............10 points
   Straw Man..........................10 points
   Slippery Slope.....................10 points
   Post hoc ergo propter hoc..........15 points
   Hasty Generalization...............15 points
   Transforming the Consequent........20 points
   Accentus...........................30 points 
Receive insult in follow-up............5 points per insult
Receive insult in different thread....15 points per insult
Simple Beration.......................10 points
Beration over four paragraphs.........25 points
Locate Obligatory PC mention...........5 points
More than one mention of PC...........10 points per additional mention
PC and FOA both mentioned.............20 points
More than 10 postings per day..........5 points
Extra followup to your article........10 points per extra followup

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