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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: jlallen who wrote (24655)8/24/2001 5:39:04 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
In fact, I have been a member of SI for approximately 1309 days having made 25,386 posts as I write this or only about 19.39 posts per day. Technically he is wrong. Now was he lying? Was he inaccurate? He was neither. I disagree with him

By technical issue, I meant E's focus on brees's choice of words and argumentation technique. Personally, I was bored with the issue on day one after the first two or three posts and I sure don't want to stretch it out here. I have no interest in nitpicking about that. I've been doing all I can to make it go away. I thought you were similarly inclined.

But then you go and compound it by saying that Win wasn't inaccurate when he claimed you made at least one hundred posts a day. You have apparently done the math. The average comes out to be around 20. How could 100 be considered remotely accurate? It's not in the ballpark. You can't either agree or disagree about whether or not 20 and 100 are equal or fairly equal. They simply aren't equal. What you disagree with is his apparent characterization of you as a thread hog. This is a matter of opinion and subject to agreement and disagreement. The average daily number of posts is a matter or accuracy or inaccuracy.

Likewise, whether X actually mentioned her distaste is a matter or accuracy, not opinion, although, since the data aren't hard, there is some room for interpretation. Whether or not the characterization was fair, OTOH, is a matter of opinion.

People use accuracy to measure facts. People agree or disagree on beliefs and opinions.

Karen
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