I voted it up as an interesting tangent and a credible point. While lunchbox is talking about a different usage of the appeals it does demonstrate that there is a blurry line there between ‘conversation halter’ and ‘actual argument that isn’t necessarily designed to end the debate except in as much as they think they other person should see their error and concur’. Intent, context and tone make huge differences here.
I voted it up as an interesting tangent and a credible point. While lunchbox is talking about a different usage of the appeals it does demonstrate that there is a blurry line there between ‘conversation halter’ and ‘actual argument that isn’t necessarily designed to end the debate except in as much as they think they other person should see their error and concur’. Intent, context and tone make huge differences here.