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Rectifying Social Security Identity Theft?

Posted by Cliff on from the retaking-your-identity dept.

VxSote asks: "A 19 year old kid tried to buy a car only to find out his SSN had been stolen and used by a terrorist. Now, after talking to various government entities, he is no closer to having his (presumably) good name cleared. So this situation begs the question: how exactly does one go about fixing such a mess?"

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  1. Begging the Question by antizeus · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Begging the question is a logical fallacy in which one presents an argument which assumes that the conclusion of the argument is true. For example, "God exists because the Bible says so, and the Bible is true because it is the word of God".

    This sort of bogus reasoning seems to have little to do with the topic in question. More likely the submitter should have said "raises the question", which in addition to being correct, only requires two additional keystrokes to type.

    This fact is raised every time the term "begs the question" is misused, which is quite often. One would think that the Slashdot editors would be familiar with the issue already, and could edit the articles before posting.

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