Parents in-turn refute that argument, claiming that experts have lost touch with the realities of raising a child.
There is no argument to refute that.
Sorry, Joel, far from being any kind of intellectual, pseudo- or otherwise, I certainly wasn't trying to impress anyone by citing your pro-Constellation position, nor was I trying to interpret your work: I was simply refuting "arguments" that still don't seem to make much sense to me -- but, then again, it's just me, Bubba, a simple, provincial country boy.
The reason that gun-control opponents focus on criminals is that they can't refute the argument that gun control would curtail accidental shootings by noncriminals, especially children.
An experiment examined the extent to which individuals could refute arguments that contradicted their personal beliefs.
Nathan Glazer refutes, argument by argument, Jonathan Kozol's contentions in "Shame of a Nation" that integration will benefit poor students.
But Labour figures are trying hard to refute the argument that Gordon Brown spent too much, and John Denham has been having another go this morning.
It also appears to refute the argument that cuts in police numbers – down by more than 14,000 in four years – would inevitably lead to an increase in lawlessness.
In one brief, for example, he sought to refute the argument that a ruling in the government's favor would immunize the surveillance program from constitutional challenges.
If this was a randomized trial it would definitely refute the argument that snus use reduces smoking prevalence.
VICE has even published photos that directly refute this argument, and I can back it up with personal anecdotal proof.
