Thread:Drew1200/@comment-5111283-20130722130850/@comment-4845243-20130726001217

Danielboone6702 wrote: Let me try.

Obi, by deliberately misinterpreting the word "ton" as a definition that you knew was not being used by Peat (the literal form of "ton"), you committed the logical fallacies of equivocation and the straw man fallacy, thus making your previous statement... illogical. Nice try, but you failed.

Definition of informal logical fallacy:
 * A form of argument that is unhelpful or invalid.

Note the word, "argument". A question has no truth value, as it is not a statement. I cannot commit a fallacy by asking a question, unless that question is rhetorical and a point in my argument. You elucidate your misunderstanding here by calling my question my "previous statement".

Now, going back, look at my original question (the one I actually wanted an answer to): "By what standard is that cheating?" I assumed good faith by acting as if Peat had answered my question in correct logical form. Thus, when she said, "a ton", I assumed that was actually an answer to my question and responded accordingly. That is not illogical, and was completely legitimate.