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Originally Posted by Xaccers
I've been trying to get to the root of what they are saying Chris.
If someone makes a statement that suggests they believe one thing, then is it wrong to pick them up on it to try to clarify?
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Of course not - but surely it doesn't help if what you repeat back to them is not what they said, but your own spin on it? When you do that it looks like you're trying to get them to adopt a distorted, weakened position that you can more easily knock over. A little like the 'have you stopped beating your wife?' question that Felinix mentioned earlier.
When you try to equate action you disapprove of with inaction, and when you suggest that other members in this discussion must, by extension of their belief, hold that torture of women and children is the 'right thing', you're achieving the opposite of your intention.