More Question Begging

rogersgeorge on July 7th, 2016

“Begging the question” is one of my favorite solecisms to complain about, and I’ve mentioned it a couple times. One of my favorite comic strips, David Malki’s Wondermark just posted two (count ’em) strips on this very subject. Here they are. Strip 1 (actually, it’s strip number 1234, no lie.):

There's nothing quite so satisfying on a cold winter morning as a heaping pile of hot, saucy farmer balls.

And here’s the other one:

The podcast is actually about the ludicrousness of dog shows, but there are lots of tangents.

I leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out what’s going on.

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