There is no common use of the phrase "reductio ad absurdum"

And yes, my argument would be a straw man, if I had actually meant to argue anything. I simply wanted to point what I saw as an improper use of the phrase.

Just because it has absurd in the title doesn't make it support your statement... Reductio ad absurdum is method of proof where you assume the opposite of what you are trying to prove and shows that it leads to a logical contradiction, such as both A and not A. Hyperbole in arguments makes them absurd, but not in the logical reductio sense.

wrong war. that was WWII, not WWI

Watch the 38 minute video, the 17 minute video plays down the existence of the RPG. Look at 18:56 and 32:33. The troops on the ground find the RPG.

Agreed. Wikileaks is glad to do such ... propaganda. From the NYT article:

Watch the 38 minute video, the 17 minute video plays down the existence of the RPG. Look at 18:56 and 32:33 Wikileaks is glad to use propaganda. From the times article:

Watch the full video 38 min not 17 min! It shows a lot more than the propaganda that wikileaks wants you to hear. From the times article

First of all, you hear the soldiers on the ground talk about finding a live RPG shell, along with AK-47s at the site. Second, the helicopter was not 1km away, there were two copters, which explains why the sound of firing doesn't always match up with the flashes on the ground from the bullets. Thirdly, it was not an ambulance, it was basically a taxi. Who he was helping is up for debate. And finally, most importantly, the US military had been under fire early that day; the helicopter was providing support to the ground troops

I think response bias probably plays a large part as well...

Mistreating, yes. Used, no.

My decrepit copy of Huck Finn is in an extremely sorry state from being read and loaned many times, and I would never ever give it up for a new copy. Being well worn gives a book character, in addition to showing that its story is timeless and exemplary no matter how often it is read.

I, personally, had vista the January it came out, with no problems except for a hibernate bug. This minor annoyance was fixed in a service pack a few months later. I am completely happy with it I think some people's experience with vista wasn't as good as mine, but thats how it goes. This story just illustrates that people like this guy exacerbated vista's bad rep to the point where everyone expected a bad experience.

According to some, the only action the school took was to inform the student's parents, which is a perfectly reasonable course of action

Thanks for your post. Links would be helpful, but assuming your sources reported facts, this story makes complete sense now.

Mod up. Its funny how everyone here complains about the stupidity of child porn laws. Then, when there is a chance to nail someone with child porn charges, whose actions had nothing to with child porn, everyone wants them to be crucified as pedophiles.

If you read the linked court documents, the plaintiff says that the school did not tell anyone that the laptops would be monitored

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