[Ws2-hr] [CCWG-ACCT] HR subgroup question to CCWG plenary

[Nigel Roberts]

>> Just because you insist on something doesn't make you right.

There's a saying in panto, which is traditional in this country at this 
time of year:  "OH YES, IT DOES!"

Actually, however, indeed, no, it doesn't.

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> Man (Michael Palin): An argument isn't just contradiction.
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> Mr. Vibrating (John Cleese): It can be.
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> Man: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
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> Mr. Vibrating: No it isn't.
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> Man: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
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> Mr. Vibrating: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
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> Man: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
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> Mr. Vibrating: Yes it is!
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> Man: No it isn't!
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> Man: Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes.
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> (short pause)
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> Mr. Vibrating: No it isn't.
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> Man: It is.
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> Mr. Vibrating: Not at all.
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> Man: Now look!.			(MONTY PYTHON: THE ARGUMENT CLINIC)