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If Trump’s trade war with Britain does start,
And IF it doesn’t?
and if it gets out of control
and IF it doesn’t?
if QE is unable to understand what a trade war is
And what IF he can understand?
if it does start
And IF it doesn’t?
IF
Saudi Arabia win the World Cup,
I will eat my hat !
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You will note the above was worded in a matter of fact way. None, or few ifs, buts and maybes.
It will be easy for you to start ripping into the above with counter arguments. Even I can do that.
IF I had thrown more ifs, buts and maybes, I could wriggle out of your oncoming counter arguments by arguing, “Well I only said if“
ifs and buts are seen as essential to rational debate*.
by whom?
The rationale is in the concrete, not the if.
As soon as you bring ifs and buts into an argument, you raise doubt, and it is no longer watertight.
What if so and so, well what if NOT so and so.
That is not rational debate.
I’m sure you can word your points in a more concrete way, and avoid the ifs and buts. But by doing so, a concrete argument is easier to rip apart and challenge, than a flimsy point built on a few ifs, buts and maybes.
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IF
I wandered lonely as a cloud, as I wandered, I was wondering, if, and just in case of there being an in the event of with the ifs and buts, does that mean we might have to leave the EU? If, and I am not saying if we leave, in case it turns out to be an IF, and just in case, should I start worrying yet?
‘If Its and Buts Were Candy and Nuts, It Would Be Christmas Every Day’
This is just from scep’s last post, above.
just in case
I am not saying that
just wondering
in case it turns out to be
if
If
IF
if
My Dad used to say to me, “You can’t run the world on ifs and buts”
When people betray my trust I chop them into bits put them in a bin liner, and bung them in the wheelie bin.
Dennis Nielsen
John Reginald Christie
your life is controlled by people who have no affiliation to this country whatsoever.
Are you suggesting that the good people of Belgium and Europa will not be wearing Three Lions on their chest during the upcoming World Cup?
