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I'd go if someone else paid for my ticket. 3D technology sucks anyway.

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
I'd go if someone else paid for my ticket. 3D technology sucks anyway.

Originally posted by mattatom
I'll pay if you get me a loaded gun with a bullet which will misfire.

The word "Gay" once again comes to mind

That's often a symptom of gayness.

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
That's often a symptom of gayness.

OR dealing with those that engage in homosexual activities.

Gay means happy...

One can be at home and be in the backyard, that is, not in one's house at all. One can also be in one's house but not at home, if one owns the house but rents it out to others, for example. So one's being at home is not required for one's being in one's own house.

"At" =/= "In".

Gotcha.

Thats just swell.

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
"At" =/= "In".

Gotcha.

That's the worst problem I've ever had to solve and that's not it. Just looked through my old LSAT books. This has got to be straight out of a philosophy teacher's wet dream.

Damn straight! Semantic differences between 'house' and 'home' blow my ****ing mind!

You actually quoted that out of an academic textbook? I hope you didn't pay money for it.

I also hope you answered that like I did-- no self-respecting "academic" could possibly expound on that and survive.

Originally posted by Nephthys
Damn straight! Semantic differences between 'house' and 'home' blow my ****ing mind!

No that's not it either.

Oh damn, now I just feel like I wasted my Philosophy course in school. How will I show my face to the other psuedointellectual bullshitters now?

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
You actually quoted that out of an academic textbook? I hope you didn't pay money for it.

I also hope you answered that like I did-- no self-respecting "academic" could possibly expound on that and survive.

No it's a testmasters lsat book.

I had to stare at that damn thing for like ten minutes before I figured it out. The home and house semantics kept distracting me.

Here's the kicker. I didn't even post the question🙂

Which one of the following most accurately describes the relationship between the argument's conclusion and its claim that one can be at home without being in one's house?

A. The claim is required to establish the conclusion
B. The claim represents the point the conclusion is intended to refute
C. The claim is compatible with the truth or falsity of the conclusion
D. The claim points out an ambiguity in the phrase "at home".
E. The claim inadvertently contradicts the conclusion.

C. Its just meant to be confusing bullshit with its semantic nitpickery.

Things that are designed to confuse you piss me off.

Originally posted by Nephthys
C. Its just meant to be confusing bullshit with its semantic nitpickery.

Things that are designed to confuse you piss me off.

Yea it's C. The real kicker was that the conclusion and the 2nd premise are the same, not the conclusion and the 1st premise.