> > This seems to me to be an example of the Complex Question fallacy:
> >
> > "Complex Question. "When did you stop beating your wife?" That is a
> > perfect example of asking a complex question. It isn't really one question; it
> > is two. If only one response is given, no matter which question it answers,
> > the other question has an implied answer that may not be true.
Surely, the way to answer this would be to say:
"I've never started beating her,"
(assuming this to be true, of course) which would, I think, get you
out of any misunderstanding.
In my case, it would be even easier - I don't have a wife (yet) :-)
/Gary