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Originally posted by gothweb
Pet peeve time.
The phrase "begs the question" doesn't mean what most people seem to think it means. Begging the question is a logical mistake in an argument.
It is when someone (inadvertantly) assumes a certain answer to a question, when trying to answer that question. For instance, in the debate about whether there is a god, it would be begging the question to say "Well, god says in the Bible that...." See?
You mean "Which leads to another question..." Unless I am really misunderstanding you.
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Good point; a little of both. I know what it's supposed to mean, but the phrase is so commonly used improperly here in the states that it flows off my tongue in some situations where it's improperly used.
In this case, I read into the question an assumption that the GFY reader was as "stoned" as the poster to even consider such a question as a realistic or even possible cause/effect situation due to the scale illustration that I later explained.
I meant the stoned paragraph in my first reply as a joke, not to put down hunnyluv or the question at all. And yes Gothweb, I did stretch the phrase beyond it's proper use w/o explaining exactly what I was referring to. Good call
