Mar 12, 2012 -- 9:06AM, Dutch777 wrote:

Hello again, Dutch:

The formula "are you saying that ---?" is commonly used in bushwack journalism.  The stronger form of this is "so, you are saying that ---".  It is part of the armamentarium of bushwack journalism whereby the person is led into dangerous, self-incriminating territory.  It's also called "rat-trapping". I don't know how fair it is to characterize something as "rat-trapping" if it only draws out the logical and inevitable implications of another person's postion. 

My response is "I am saying exactly what I have just stated explicitly; not more, less or otherwise."  Even explict statments have broader implications. 

Kimball

  Dutch,

     I will reply in green.

 I don't know how fair it is to characterize something as "rat-trapping" if it only draws out the logical and inevitable implications of another person's postion. 

No it doesn't.  It attempts to shove the person into a corner where that person has no intention of going, but where the questioner whats to trap him.  That's why it's properly called "rat-trapping".

  Well, Since most of us do not like rats, then perhaps "rat-trapping" may not be a bad thing.

My response is "I am saying exactly what I have just stated explicitly; not more, less or otherwise."  Even explict statments have broader implications. 

Let the person being interviewed detail the broader implication as he intends, not as the questioners intends. 

 It has been my experience in this forum that many people are totally unaware of the broader implications of their statements.  You are an exception, Dutch. 

Kimball

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Mar 12, 2012 -- 7:47PM, Nino0814 wrote:

Mar 12, 2012 -- 9:57AM, Kimball wrote:

Do you believe that people can change their sexual orientation?  

In some cases yes and in some cases no.

Kimball

Then we have nothing further to discuss since we do not share the same standards for evaluating this subject.

 

 YOu have yet to fully state your "standards" be they psychological or moral, Nino.  

  Kimball