Monday 21 December 2009

Speaking of argumentative dialogues

Participants: Sara (mum) and Giacomo (2 years)
S (angry voice): "Stop eating all that chocolate!!! I already told you!!!"
G: "But mummy you know, I won't become a big boy if I don't eat enough"
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I was silent; defeated by the argumentative attitude of my son, although not completely persuaded by the equivalence about eating and eating chocolate.

2 comments:

argumentics said...

Seems like Giacomo has quite an eye for inconsistencies there. Fully explicitized food-recommendations should do the trick* with this little fallacy-police-man! :)



* ... because chocolate can distort standpoints sometimes

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