[Retric]

I don't feel discussions that break down to the meanings of English words are interesting. Scholasticism went out of favor in part because proving things based on the assumption that Aristotle or the Bible is correct does not help once you question the source. And arguments based on the definition of "is" are also built on a shaky foundation.

Keep pulling and you have two options. You can base things on what you observe, which leads to science, or what you on things you assume which leads no where when others don't agree to the same assumptions. It's only when people have the same assumptions that you can have really interesting discussions such as Math or a good logic puzzle.