Sophistic

A comment was banned for the use of the word sophistic? ❋ Unknown (2009)

With the movement in Greek thought which is generally known as sophistic, ❋ Ingeborg Andersen (1897)

Claudius follows this with a sophistic argument -- "But you must know your father lost a father" -- which functions as a licentia. ❋ Hal Duncan (2010)

One can hardly imagine a more lucid retort than the one given by Carl Olson to the sophistic Fr. Reese s.j., but on this matter, the opinion of Fr James V. Schall s.j. is an interesting take about the N.D. president's invitation to Obama (with the ominous corollarium of a Honoris Causa doctorate promised to the new president). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Had you asked the question in the form, "If the answer is yes, then must we make this inquiry honestly, or dishonestly?" then you would have had the sophistic double-bind you need to render the second answer the absolute moral duty you mean it to be -- "We must ask it honestly." ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

Unfortunately, the ambiguities inherent in such inconsistent characterizations of genocide have allowed for a sophistic intellectualization of the term. ❋ Menachem Rosensaft (2011)

They should also be aware that the core of philosophistication is sophistic. posted by Hal Duncan | 8: 44 AM ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

Where these features are self-evident, the sophistic monosensicalist will not challenge the accuracy of the observation but will instead insist that “marriage” refers only to the instituionalised union of husband and wife, in order to redraw the goalposts and exclude the weight of evidence; there is only one example of “marriage” in the work, they will insist, so this canot be a key theme. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

Leo makes solemn obeisance at the altar of Beauty, and Dar Hyal juggles his sophistic blastism to no end save all your applause for his cleverness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Just as the belief that hate speech should be legal (not for any of the sophistic reasons you claim, but simply because free speech itself is a good, regardless of what is said) is not racist, neither is the position that discrimination should be legal. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This seems to me to have been unnecessary and rather sophistic (except to achieve the results desired in locking up this defendant). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sullen countermodernity images the academic as the snide sophistic Last Man, pathetically, defensively retreated into what – all good sense knows – is pseudo-intellectual flummery. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

And of course, given that you are a communist (or at least something along the collectivist line), your sophistic reasoning must be taken with an enormous serving of salt. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You and I both know, I reached into that sophistic bag that could go on forever. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Jima] seems to think that simply [winning] is more important than [being right]. It should come as no surprise, then, that his arguments are those of a sophist. ❋ SquarePegIX (2007)

Sophistiated: "Hi, Jenna. It's great to hear from you again! Yes, I'd love to come over for dinner, thanks. 6:30 works perfectly. I'll see you there!" Unsophisticated. "Oh em gee. JENNA! Wow...like...WOW. I can so so not believe it's you, like, omigosh! Can I like...stop by or something? 'Cause my ex is in town, and he's SOOOOOOOOOO annoying. Like, [stalker-ish] annoying. It's sort of freaky -- hey, hello?! Like, are you still there?" Sophisticated e-mail: Ms. Thompson, I will not be in your 4th period history class today because of an illness I've contracted. Can you please send the homework assignment to me? Thanks, [Corina]. Unsophisticated e-mail: [ummmmmmmmm] hi [ms t] this is [corina] and im sick so liek i cant come to class and i need the hw k bai ❋ Just Somebody. (2007)

Quotes: "I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence." - Christopher Hampton "Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle." - [Norman Mailer] "Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as [the butler], or the man under the bed -- but never the husband)." - James [Thurber] ❋ MissMia (2010)

Pleats are set into [dress pants] in order to display the [sophistics] of [elegance]. ❋ JT The Dragon (2009)

[Classy] sophisticates like me use [big words] in our [sentences]. Did I say big? I meant polysyllabic. Polysyllabic! ❋ Diggity Monkeez (2005)

"The [young master] was very [sophisticated]." ❋ Samuchan (2015)

DOB took everyone out for a sophisticated evening. They rejected this, got drunk on many shots from Weatherspoons, chased all the people from New Beacon around trying to [smash box]. Lauara let them all off because it doesn't count if it happens on a night out, DOB brushed any accusations of old age off like a solid turd and tried to smash a teenager. NAM and Clayton decided to double team some granny from the kebab shop, and Clayton now has to wear an eyepatch due to friendly fire [from NAM] who has had too many [protien] shakes. Sophisticated - we know the real meaning! ❋ DOB123 (2011)

[Hillary Clinton] is a sophist because she went to [law school] and didn't become a [lawyer]. ❋ Ereck Flowers (2016)

[Beijing] hit [755] on the air quality [index], that place has hella sophistication. ❋ Baller6969 (2013)

*Hand gestured begin* thy turtles are thus sophisticated mortals in thy [spherical] [orbiting] [planetary] object in which we inhabit in the name "earth". ❋ Swaggie Turtle (2013)