In Reply to: Damai, Damai. posted by CBB on Monday, 24. April 2006 at 23:34 Bali Time:
Advocatus Diavoli / Advocatus Diaboli / Devil's Advocate
From Wikipedia:
"In common parlance, the term has come to mean a person who argues a position that they do not necessarily believe in, simply for the sake of arguing; or who presents a counterargument for a position they do believe in to another debater. This process can be used to test the quality of the original argument and identify weaknesses in its structure."