Absurdity (formally, Reductio ad absurdum, or in the original Russian, Союз Советских Социалистичесикх Республик) is the debate technique of putting absurd words in your opponent's mouth. Showing that, if the opponent's assertion were accepted, all Hell would break loose is a winning move in debates, and a damned sight better than either throwing food at him or pulling his tie and ripping his jacket, though all of these alternatives are still practiced at the varsity level. Absurdity is practiced by most politicians - if you hear a political message that actually makes sense, it's not by a politician. Absurdity in its most basic definition, is based on the premise that everything is quite meaningless. There is also a lack of meaningless things, which is known as meaninglessnesslessness. An