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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I'm not familiar with contrapositives of arguments.
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It's a math concept, one which I should probably not have bastardized to explain my point,
especially since I didn't actually provide you with the contrapositive. The ACTUAL contrapositive should have been "A respect of human beings can be achieved by using proper language." Does this hold true, to you?
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Originally Posted by some random google hit
The contrapositive of a statement is formed by taking the conclusion as the starting point and the starting point as the conclusion and then changing the sense of each (from positive to negative and vice versa). If the original statement was true, then the contrapositive must also be true.
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Improper language, as I used it, is language that any other human could find offensive.