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IN LOVE WITH A WRONG MAN

One cool afternoon, at a nearby beach in Pangasinan, friens Angelica, !"li"s,

#arah Lee an $hester s%a& %illy as if they %ere only the 'eo'le in the 'lace(

)Wha*ha*ha+ I&&ersing !"li"s hea into the %ater, Angelica e-clai&e( )This

is %hat yo" eser.e+ Gi.ing hi& a sla', too on the face, )That one is for ins"lting

&e in front of &y ber/s on the occasion of E&"n0s 12 thbirthay( 3o" 4"st on0t

/no% ho% I %as h"rt %hen yo" sai that I a& a harlot(

Grabbing Angelica right han, !"li"s as/e an a'ology fro& her( )I %as r"n/

at that ti&e( Tr"ly, I a& sorry for ha.ing &oc/e at yo", he sai(

)#to', that ear( $o&e on let0s 'lay .olleyball, #arah Lee "rge her friens(

$hester, #arah Lee0s boyfrien hel'e her o"t install the ba&boo 'ole an net(

While 'laying, #arah Lee0s 'rofessor in #ocial #t"ies, &arrie an in his 560s

"ne-'ectely arri.e in the 'lace( He 7Prof( !et Estrella8 %as %ith a close colleag"e,

Marcelo %ho recently bro/e "' %ith his 9anc:e(

)!"st in ti&e+ Prof( Estrella la"ghingly sai( )$an %e 4oin yo", #arah Lee; he

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)The thin/er %ho %ants to be correct in herhis thin/ing &"st e.elo' the

habit of "sing the r"les of logic %hich occ"rs i&'licitly an "nconscio"sly( The

'erson %ho e.elo's the habit of oing logic %ill &ore easily a.ois for&al errors in

hisher lines of arg"&ent, Prof( Estrella f"rther e-'o"ne(

$a'ti.ate by his goo loo/er, elo

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With b"tterDies on her sto&ach an her heart beating so fast, she stoo an

sai in a tre&bling .oice, )#e-teen=ah= I &ean si-teen is i.isible by fo"r( Nine

an se.en is si-teen( #o, nine an se.en are i.isible by = )>o"r+ Prof( Estrella

contin"e(

nable to hie her elight an a&iration, #arah Lee than/e #ir Estrella(Loo/ing at each other0s eyes, the gro"' &a/es a 4est, )Fiss+ Fiss+ Fiss+

ncontrollably, o&inate by his feelings, Mr( Estrella ga.e #arah Lee a

s&ac/(

Bl"shing, #arah Lee 4"st ignore it as if nothing trans'ire(

Ha.ing regaine his co&'os"re, Mr( Estrella th"s contin"e his e-'osition on

fallacies( )This ti&e, el.e on &atter( He i as/ Marcelo to na&e the&( )What I

co"l recall are those fallacies of irrele.ant e.ience( #'eci9cally, arg"&ent"& a

&isericoria&, arg"&ent"& a 'o'"l"&, arg"&ent"& a ho&ine&, arg"&ent"&,

arg"&ent"& a bac"l"&, arg"&ent"& a .erec"nia& an non*se

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secretary( It ha''ene o"tsie the &all( The e&'loyer sai to his secretary, )#lee'

%ith &e, or yo" %ill lose yo"r 4ob+

)I &yself %as shoc/e %ith the e&'loyer0s con.eyance(

)Ha+ Ha+ Ha+ Mr( Estrella "'roario"sly la"ghe( )What yo" ha.e hear is a

'erfect e-a&'le of arg"&ent"& a bac"l"& or a''eal to the stic/( This is

co&&itte %hen one see/s to establish a concl"sion by resorting to force,

inti&iation or threat(

!"li"s batte in saying, )Ha.e yo" one the sa&e, #ir, I &ean i yo" resort

to s"ch threat to any of yo"r st"ents saying, )#lee' %ith &e or yo" fail &y

s"b4ect+ )!o/e+ !o/e+ !o/e+ !"li"s in