On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 12:13:30AM +0000, jfdwolff@doctors.org.uk wrote:
Tony said:
You asked them? Anybody can play this bloody silly game. Cut it out.
He did provide evidence to support his assertion.
No, he only gave evidence of his having made some extremely sweeping assumptions.
This proves my suspicion that Tony perpetuates this debate. Although I wrote nothing inflammatory, Tony responds with a haemorrhagic expletive. I'm not a sociologist, and my "sweeping assumptions" are based on logic and not on statistics. Tony's kneejerk reaction can only be an indication that my "sweeping assumptions" are making him uncomfortable.
Actually, while I agree that Tony's manner is sometimes unnecessarily abrasive, he makes a good point: you've provided evidence of nothing substantive. Your argument is based in the assumption that the entire self-described Christian demographic of this world would object to a given image, which is patently absurd. If you had simply gentled your "sweeping assumptions" with something to the effect of "many of whom might find this objectionable", I'd think you had made no error in that regard, but as it stands your argument lacks support.
In short, your sweeping assumptions might make other, wholly reasonable people uncomfortable with your turn of phrase as well, even if they agree with the position you endeavor to defend.
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