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Saturday, January 15, 2005

Examples of Argument by Artifice

The advocate puts forward convoluted and weak assertions which any disinterested observer would perceive as artificially constructed in order to make a case.
  • Amazon's artificial barney with the nook
  • Building company constructs dodgy artifice
  • ASS of the Month*
  • The ABC's artifice comes crashing down
  • The ABC of arguing by artifice
  • Fake but True an Argument by Artifice
Posted by Theo Clark at 7:40 pm
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