-=> Quoting Fred Austin to Paul Andinach <=-
 PA> Your argument:
 
 PA> There are billions of stars.
 PA> Therefore, there are billions of planets.
 PA> The universe is over hundreds of thousands of years old.
 PA> Therefore, alien races have been into space for hundreds of
 PA> thousands of years.
 
 PA> Therefore, at least one alien race is visiting this planet.
   Above: My summary of what was being argued by the person I was
replying to.
   Below: My response to that argument.
 PA> There's so many holes in that argument that I'm not even going to
 PA> try to answer it.
[snip]
 
 PA> Either abduction reports are true, or all abductees are crackpots.
 PA> Abductees can not all be crackpots.
 PA> Therefore, abduction reports are true.
   Above: My summary of what was being argued by the person I was
replying to.
   Below: My response to that argument.
 PA> My response:
 PA> The fault in that argument is that this is not an either/or
 PA> situation. Some of the stories could be true, and the rest false. Of
 PA> those that are false, some people could be crazy, some could be lying
 PA> outright, and some could just have been honestly mistaken.
   Just making sure you understood what I was getting at.
   Now, you were saying?
Paul
... "I don't eat anything that giggles." - Robert Sheckley
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