"Dutch" > wrote in message ...
> "ipse dixit" > wrote
> > "Jonathan Ball" > wrote
>
> > > >>The only topic left to discus, Dreck, is your false
> > > >>belief that you have mastered logic
> >
> > I've always understood it.
>
> If you understand logic then explain the following BASIC BLUNDER.

I haven't made one. You, on the other hand make
the same mistake over and over without realising,
even when corrected half a dozen times. You're
incredibly thick.

> You presented the following as valid logic.
>
No, I didn't. You've made yet another mistake,
dummy.

> 1) If I abstain from farmed animal products I cause less farmed animals to
> suffer and die.

You've missed something out of that premise and
made yet another error. That's not my argument.

> 2) I abstain from farmed animal products
> therefore
> 3) I cause less farmed animals to suffer and die
>
> X = I abstain from farmed animal products
> Y = I cause less farmed animals to suffer and die
>
> Your "logic" can be represented as
>
> 1) If X, therefore Y

Wrong. You'll never get it.

> 2) X
> therefore
> 3) Y
>
> <???>
>
> A circular regurgitation of the original premiss, no logic involved.

Not where you're concerned, no. Pick up a book
and learn something about deductive reasoning and
logic. Don't expect me to waste my time teaching you.