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Shouldn\'t the answer to a Complex Question, assuming it isn\'t yes, always be \
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Shouldn\\\'t the answer to a Complex Question, assuming it isn\\\'t yes, always be \\\"no\\\"?
It becomes fairly obvious if we examine the example question. As the article says, the question is actually two questions: \\\"Have you ever beaten your wife?\\\" and \\\"Do you not(!) beat your wife now?\\\". Or, logically expressed:\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'(Have you ever beaten your wife?) AND NOT (Do you beat your wife now?)\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
If we now resolve the statement, this develops:\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'FALSE AND NOT FALSE\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'FALSE AND TRUE\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'FALSE\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
Therefore, the correct answer is \\\"no\\\". It is then fallacious of the one who asked the question to assume that \\\"Do you beat your wife now?\\\" is true. (Strictly speaking, both contained questions are once again complex questions, as both assume that the one asked actually has a wife, but that\\\'s irrelevant here.)
In fact, as long as someone has never beaten their wife (or doesn\\\'t have one), the following answers are \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'both\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' correct, as both contain the question \\\"Have you ever beaten your wife?\\\":\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'Have you stopped beating your wife? - No.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'Are you still beating your wife? - No.\\\'\\\'
\\\'\\\'\\\'Essentially, asking the question is not a fallacy, and it does have a definite answer, but the conclusion usually drawn from the answer is fallacious, it being an Existential Fallacy.\\\'\\\'\\\'
