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**GitaraMoya** · 04-05-2011, 04:52 PM

You portrayed the controversy as being between those who believe the official story and those who don't believe the official story and instead think that bin Laden is still alive. There is a third group: those who don't believe the official story and instead think that bin Laden died a long time ago.

And there are people who believe that Osama is employed by the CIA and working with the US government and there are people who believe Osama never existed in the first place, the list goes on. Because I didn't exhaustively list every possible category doesn't make it a false dichotomy. It would be a false dichotomy if I presented the two types of people as if they were the only two types of people, such as, "People either believe the US government killed Osama last Sunday or they believe Osama is still alive and hiding from the US government". I clearly did not do this, so your accusation of a false dichotomy is pretty odd.

Even if I unintentionally offered a false dichotomy (which there wasn't one), my point does not hinge on there only being two categories of people, so it doesn't make any sort of difference either way. Throw four or five more categories of people in there, and my point remains the same. Which further makes your accusations of a false dichotomy seem pretty odd.

04-05-2011, 04:52 PM	#23
GitaraMoya Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 538 Senior Member	You portrayed the controversy as being between those who believe the official story and those who don't believe the official story and instead think that bin Laden is still alive. There is a third group: those who don't believe the official story and instead think that bin Laden died a long time ago. And there are people who believe that Osama is employed by the CIA and working with the US government and there are people who believe Osama never existed in the first place, the list goes on. Because I didn't exhaustively list every possible category doesn't make it a false dichotomy. It would be a false dichotomy if I presented the two types of people as if they were the only two types of people, such as, "People either believe the US government killed Osama last Sunday or they believe Osama is still alive and hiding from the US government". I clearly did not do this, so your accusation of a false dichotomy is pretty odd. Even if I unintentionally offered a false dichotomy (which there wasn't one), my point does not hinge on there only being two categories of people, so it doesn't make any sort of difference either way. Throw four or five more categories of people in there, and my point remains the same. Which further makes your accusations of a false dichotomy seem pretty odd.
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