**Bear, King o' the straw person fallacy

[BEBT84D@prodigy.com ( RICK MILLER)]

   On Fri, 15 Dec 1995, Bear, once again reponding out of context, 
wrote:

>Rick,
>You can wait until you turn blue. No apologies for defending
>affirmative action.


   Bear, nice distortion. My back-channeled request for an apology 
from
you, besides being very polite,  dealt with your inflammatory 
"Aryan backlash" rhetoric. The inference was quite clear, and 
extremely
offensive. I expressed to you my displeasure regarding your 
outrageous
comments. How convenient of you to distort this also, NO WHERE did
I ask you to apologize for defending Aff. Action. I'm sorry you have 
to 
resort to lies.

...snip (irrelevant to this response)
>It's a shame debate hasn't taught you that there are two sides to
>every question. Your committing the fallacy of false dichotomy.
>And ignoring the smokescreen arguments against merit.


   Bear, two alternatives are not neccessarily jointly exhaustive,
there can be more than two sides to every question. It
seems you have committed the very fallacy you have tried to 
point out. My arguments against your "Positive racism" have not
committed a False bifurcation/False Dichotomy, I merely pointed
out that Justice, Equality, and Merit, are better alternatives, and
more Logical than "Positive racism". No fallacy is committed on 
this side.
   It's a shame that someone who has 3 1/2 years of Debate
Eligibility left, has more cogent arguments, and exhibits more
maturity than you Bear, a Director of Forensics. Regarding
the merit argument, you'll have to re-post it, I don't have that
post anymore.


>You did distort what I said this summer and your weasleing 
>can't get you out of that. I never said only blacks can deliver
>narratives.
>Never.


   Bear, you advocated that whites be excluded from utilizing
narratives in a *LEGAL SETTING*, because as you claimed,
white culture did not have a rich story telling background like
minority culture.If you're going to advocate something, at least be 
truthfull about it. Our conversation was at least half an hour,
and I expressed my discomfort with this narrow minded,
and historically incorrect view. The narrative is a wonderful
mechanism for ALL cultures, not just in debate, and I would hope
that you recognize this, and reject this bad mindset. It's 
not too late.

   I hope the Christmas season allows you to time to
reflect on area's of personal betterment. We all need to.

  Happy Holidays.
Rick

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