answer:It depends on what is appropriate. If someone asks a question that is based on a false presupposition, then it is both legitimate and logical to point out that the question is flawed. In fact, it would be misleading to answer a poorly conceived question without bringing attention to the fact that it was poorly conceived. Consider the classic example: “Have you stopped beating your wife?” To answer “yes” is to imply that you used to beat your wife, but have stopped. To answer “no” is to imply that you still beat your wife. The correct way to address the question is to point out that it contains a false presupposition: that you have ever beaten your wife. Questioning the question can often be just as enlightening as answering it directly. It is illogical to think that questions should just be answered when so many of them rest on assumptions that are themselves questionable—or even just plain false.