Re: Proposed FAQ addition

Jonathan L Cunningham
Second best would have been to *not* take JD's
remark out of context. In context, *his* remark was
far less absolutist. [...]

"Brian M. Scott"
No, it wasn't. It was an unqualified generalization,
and the context doesn't improve it in the least.

If a generalization is unqualified then it is not
qualified by "all" or "every", in which case you have no
reason to insert those qualifications unless looking for
a fight.

My intended meaning was that in sf the other worldly
setting is important. My intended meaning was not
that in all sf is all about other worldly settings and
not much else.

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