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Old 2nd August 2017, 10:30 AM   #223
Ziggurat
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Originally Posted by tyr_13 View Post
No, Zigg, it actually isn't, no matter how many times you've also fallen into that 'childish' trap too.

Again, context matters.
Which is another way of saying "because reasons".

And it's not a trap when you can't raise a legitimate argument and resort to straw man bad faith arguments instead.
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