On 11/07/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote:
Now, we might say that a broken clock is right twice a
day, but it
would be pointless to use it as a referent just because we happen to
know that it' about that time.
That is a totally preposterous analogy.
One might as well say that, because a clock had stopped, we shouldn't
even try changing the batteries to see if it works; just throw the
whole thing in the trash.