> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Martin Lewis > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 4:36 AM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Car free London?
> > The conversation went like this: > > Gary makes a massive strawman about forcing people to walk. Well, technically, the proposal doesn't force people to walk. There could be mass transit on each and every street, I suppose. It's just that any realistic implementation of the proposal would force people who are not capable of walking moderately long distances to do so. I think that the main difference between you and others is that you envision a practical way to have no cars in London without making people walk and others, including me, don't. Or is it that you don't think practical implications are germane? > I point out this is massive strawman. Point out implies that your statement is self evidently true. I would like to submit the proposition that you might be wrong. That you are missing something others are seeing. It happens to us all....it certainly happens to me. > Its not very difficult but it does betray the total lack of logic I > have come to expect from Brin-L. Well, you are insulting us with a pretty broad brush here, aren't you? This statement implies that "lack of logic" is a tautology when someone differs with your reasoning. I really don't think that is true. If you would like, I'll dust off my symbolic logic and show I used logic to arrive at my conclusions. I'm not usually this sarcastic, but I guess it is a bit irksome when someone accuses me of having a total lack of logic just because I differ with them....since it is a significant part of my professional training and day to day work and all. If you think my logic is faulty, I'd very much appreciate a formal analysis of it so I can see where I ere. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
