When it comes to ad hoc debate, you can be certain of two things:

It will escalate At some late point, someone will invoke a civilizingprinciple

Very often said principle will addressone or more logical fallacies, and with good reason: they’recheap and easy. Humans are largely averse to complexityand we fall upon fallacy, logical or otherwise, to act as a simplifying emulsifierona complex subject. This is a consequence of unbridled optimism, and our penchant fordelusional parsimony.

“A lie...