theVOID Wrote:Uh, the analogy was bad. I pointed that out. What's the problem?
The analogy wasn't bad. That's the problem. You said it was flawed because these two things are not the same, pointing out what the chief difference between them is. But Stempy never suggested they were the same in the first place! He knows very well that they have differences; that's why he used an ANALOGY. It served as an illustration without any pretense that they were identicals. Obviously there are differences; that's why analogies are analogs, not identicals. You criticized his analogy for being an analogy. It was an utterly absurd objection. (It did give me a good laugh, though. I appreciated it for that, if nothing else. So thank you.)
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
