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Julia Altshuler
 
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Default obnoxious kids in public: part deux

Peter Aitken wrote:
> "Julia Altshuler" > wrote in message
> ...


>>The problem with this argument is that it works in both directions. (Can
>>someone provide me with the Latin phrase for it-- the idea of taking a
>>good idea and making it absurd by taking to a ridiculous extreme?)


> Reductio ad absurdum




Ah, thank-you. I'll need reminding again. For some reason Latin
phrases always escape me. I have trouble remembering "Quando Omni
Flunkus Moritati" too.


--Lia