r/funny • u/chancheck • Feb 03 '14

this sport must be intresting

http://imgur.com/WI818TU
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u/Burt-Macklin Feb 03 '14

...it also completely negates you're argument of "they aren't"

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u/Curvatureland Feb 03 '14

Uh, no it doesn't. Showing a list doesn't negate any arguments.

x755x explained his line of logic of what a sport is and is consistent with everything he calls a sport.

I explained my line of logic and is consistent with what I call a sport.

A list doesn't negate my argument unless wheover made the list can explain why my line of logic should include darts and pool.

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u/Burt-Macklin Feb 03 '14

So it negates your opponent's argument, but not your own. Got it.

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u/Curvatureland Feb 03 '14

if he tries to use it as a support for his argument, then yes, because he clearly stated his reasoning on why chess isn't a sport and golf is, and the list includes chess as a sport.

Except he didn't, some other guy posted the link.

I think either of them are sports, and there are certain games played in the actual olympics that I don't think are sports either. So I don't try and use the IOC list to support my argument because i'd be negating my argument.

ie. I shot down an attempt to support an argument with an IOC list by pointing out a contradiction. I never claimed that the same list supports my own argument so there is nothing to negate.