quoted 3 lines And why are you on an electronic music list anyway? For shock value?>And why are you on an electronic music list anyway? For shock value?
>(Please dont answer that, it was a rhetorical and thought provoking
>question not intended to begin any boring discussion)
Actually, the use of rhetorical questions is precisely to encourage further
discussion. They're not "unanswerable," just simply not answerable with a
short, concise answer. They're questions used to aid in the art of
persuasion, and their standard form is often followed by a slight discourse
by the interrogator.
For instance, a real use of a rhetorical question, in this context, would
be as follows:
And why are you on an electronic music list anyway? Badmouthing the main
topic of the list is nothing new, and often encouraged, but just adding an
offhanded comment like you did only makes it look like you are an elitist
snob who assumes electronic music puts on a poor show without any examples
to back it up.
derek
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