On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 08:48:14PM -0600, James Knowles wrote: > > Ahh... the sample size of one combined with a straw man. Brilliant > logic. I'm sorry if you feel that I stepped on your toes somehow, but go > back and read what I wrote a little more carefully. >
Wow, where did this come from? I can't wait until I get married and have kids so that I can make authoritative statements like "For responsible parents, the preferences of the child are relevant *only when all other things are equal*," without any supporting evidence at all. I know I'm only a "sample size of one", but I do find it funny to see someone give no sample size and then criticize someone else for actually admitting they speak from personal experience. As for the "straw man", I'll admit there's a slight semantic difference in the fact that Ross only specified "computer access" (implying that the computer had internet access -- as many do these days), while you explicity said "broadband access". However, I find it quite the stretch of the imagination to call this a "straw man" attack. Actually, my favorite part of the argument was how you failed to quote the argument you were deriding, so that I (or other readers) might easily have been able to understand what you were talking about (and decide if your analysis was correct). And just so I'm not guilty of the same thing, I'll to quote the whole previous email below. Oh, and in reference to the original email, I'm not even going to give it the light-hearted treatment Ross did (at least, no more than I already have). I'll simply mention that if anyone would like to see what a real straw man attack is, they can read it and have a good laugh. --Clint Previous email quoted below (No, I didn't remove anything but the footer junk that should be appended to my message, anyway. It really is missing the examples of the "sample size of one" and the "straw man" that are being attacked): >> But seriously, I think there's a difference ... > Did I say to do otherwise? It's interesting how badly people can > misrepresent what was said. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and > assume you didn't read very carefully. >> ... I also think there's a big difference between ... > Ahh... the sample size of one combined with a straw man. Brilliant > logic. I'm sorry if you feel that I stepped on your toes somehow, but > go back and read what I wrote a little more carefully. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
