Ingress plot

[jack]

Do you want to join the shadowy conspiracy of aliens infiltrating the earth? Or the shadowy conspiracy rejecting them but adopting their methods?

Only NOW do I start to think "which side is correct?" is massively begging the question!

I think maybe I'm going to start calling the Enlightened "Kang" and the Resistance "Kodos" from now on :)

Comments

[fhtagn.livejournal.com]

I would like to take this opportunity to say, "THANK YOU! Thank you for using petitio principii correctly!"

[jack]

Thank you! I obviously use it correctly, though apparently I should do so more often :)

In fact, this is one change in usage I don't care about as much as I might: I think "assumes the answer" (petitio principii) would usually be clearer than "begs the question", and it's usually clear whether someone is using the original meaning or the "inviting the question" meaning, so it's annoying, but doesn't necessarily do a lot of harm.