Spreading tactic is lying
Ralph Nielsen nielsen@uidaho.edu
Fri, 1 Aug 1997 11:54:29 -0700 (00870483269, v03007803b007dfa4b1ea@[129.101.112.92])
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>STEVE CR
>What is 'the spreading tactic'? Just curious.
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>TILL
>A debater uses the spreading tactic when he fills his speeches with
>assertions that he knows the audience is predisposed to accept, and makes
>little or no attempt to support them with argumentation. In my debate with
>Norman Geisler, he make 27 different assertions within the space of a single
>20-minute opening speech, which he read from a prepared manuscript. In
>other words, he spent less than an average of one minute on each assertion.
>Since it wasn't possible for me to respond to all of the assertions, I had
>to skip some of them. In fact, they were coming so quickly that I didn't
>have time even to write all of them into my notes. In his second speech,
>which he also read from a previously prepared manuscript, Geisler said that
>I had not answered his arguments. Thus, he knew before the debate that he
>could make this complaint, because he knew that I couldn't rebut 27
>assertions in only 20 minutes.
RALPH NIELSEN
In my opinion, such behavior is tantamount to lying. Why don't you remind
them where liars are headed for, according to their book?