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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: The Philosopher who wrote (73276)8/26/2003 3:54:33 AM
From: Solon  Respond to of 82486
 
"It's not nice to belch in public. But it's not cruel or insulting"

Ridiculous distortion and an amateurish error of logic. She was saying that all pigs are animals--not that all animals are pigs. Cruel and insulting things are not nice; but not all "not nice" things are cruel and insulting. I don't know whether you are slow or simply argue in bad faith. Clearly, acts that are cruel and insulting are "not nice". Even a child understands that...