RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
July 4, 2016 at 3:57 am
(This post was last modified: July 4, 2016 at 3:58 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(July 4, 2016 at 3:42 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: It was an analogy. Obviously it's not about bullying but that's irrelevant to the analogy.
Limiting freedoms is unfair.
Bullying is unfair.
Limiting the freedoms of both sexes is twice as unfair as limiting the freedoms of one sex.
Bullying both sexes is twice as unfair as bullying one sex.
Obviously it's not about bullying, the point is both limiting freedoms and bullying is an example of unfair treatment and being unfair to everyone is not fair. It's unfair to everyone.
I get the analogy. I'm pointing out that it's not really a good one, because it contains an appeal to emotion which is inherent in using the term "bullying".
You shifted the emotional context of her point without acknowledging it.
