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The best I can figure, the logic behind my counter-opponents argument is,

If you are emotional you lack reason
And without reason you can't use logic
Then you cannot be emotional and logical at the
same time

In my opinion, the fallacy here is easy to see, but I am an emotional woman, so allow me to substantiate my opinion. I am going to prove that emotion and logic are congruent. I would like to take a moment here and restate my belief that reason/logic and emotion are not mutually exclusive states of mind. That being said, my counter logic to this is,

If you are capable of expressing your emotions you must have intellect
And intellect denotes use of logic
Then emotions must be logical

Oh, don't worry, I'm not going to take the easy route and just expect you to believe my logic. Why would I? I'm having too much fun! I will use logic to prove logic.

Now if I was going to disprove this statement the first thing I would say is, "Why would I believe the A line of this logic statement?" (You know, "If A and B then C" so A = 1st line, ok, sorry, just making sure you understood). This assertion is not proven fact. Ok, well let us get the foundation of my assertion down first:

If logic is sound reasoning
And reasoning is due to exercise of logical thought
Then you can't have one without the other

Ok, seems simple, but to move on further I am going to need to introduce a couple more vocab words, good thing Webster is still here.

re-spond vb.
1: answer, reply
2: react
3: to show favorable reaction (medicine)
responder n.

fee-ling n.
1: the sense of touch; also a sensation perceived by this
2: a state of mind
3: general emotional condition
4: opinion, belief, sentiment
5: capacity to respond emotionally

Tomorrow, another piece of my foundation.

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