On 12/16/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
If they didn't know, it's really not their fault, but if they did, failure to do anything about it is gross incompetence.
Precision in quoting and citation also would save you from creating false dichotomies.
That wasn't a quote or a citation, it was simply an assertion, and one I stand by. If you disagree, try actually refuting it.
Yes, I know, I know, I am feeding a troll here... guilty as charged.
If that is considered as a simple bald assertion, it fails on many grounds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_many_questions is likely the most relevant here.
Much of the context has been removed. The simplified form "didn't know" lacks quite a bit of the required specifity to be answered in any meaningful way, when the issues are as complex as they clearly are in this case.
-- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]