And yet even MORE of cohen's lunacy
- From: "Benjamin Cramer" <onlythetruth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:57:04 +1000
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On 28-Aug-2007, Eliyahu <lrooff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 28, 11:16 am, "Steve Goldfarb" <s...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In <qqKdnaa6e5I1zUnbnZ2dnUVZ_smnn...@xxxxxxx> "Dan Kimmel" <d
>
> My point is that if a statement as seemingly straightforward as "black
> people have darker skin than white people" turns out to be not true for
> a
> non-trivial number of people, then what use is the term?
>
The more accurate way to express it is either that the average black
person has darker skin than the average white person, or that most
blacks are darker than most whites. There are some places where
concrete statements can be used (all hydrogen atoms are lighter in
weight than all other atoms), but absolutes almost never work when
dealing with human beings.
All humans die.
(heehee)
.
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