in reply to Why "arguments"?

Man: Is this the right room for an argument?
Mr Vibrating: I've told you once.
Man: No you haven't.
Mr Vibrating: Yes I have.
Man: When?
Mr Vibrating: Just now!
Man: No you didn't.
Mr Vibrating: Yes I did!
Man: Didn't.
Mr Vibrating: Did.
Man: Didn't.
Mr Vibrating: I'm telling you I did!
Man: You did not!
Mr Vibrating: I'm sorry, is this a five minute argument, or the full half-hour?
Man: Oh, just a five minute one.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
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Re^2: Why "arguments"?
by japhy (Canon) on Jul 26, 2005 at 14:51 UTC
    That's not an argument, that's merely a contradiction. An argument is a collected series of statements designed to establish a proposition. A contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of whatever the other person says.
    Jeff japhy Pinyan, P.L., P.M., P.O.D, X.S.: Perl, regex, and perl hacker
    How can we ever be the sold short or the cheated, we who for every service have long ago been overpaid? ~~ Meister Eckhart
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      No, it isn't!
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        oh yes it is!

        in the style of a pantomime...

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Re^2: Why "arguments"?
by kwaping (Priest) on Jul 26, 2005 at 14:50 UTC
    Yes, after I was done musing about Perl, that skit was the next thing that popped into my head. :)
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