Jokes and Funny Stories II
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That's what I'm saying. It's "more important" if somebody I know dies. Somebody I know (and care about) is more likely to be Canadian, more likely to be white, etc.
DaveC426913
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You are mangling cause and effect.
There is nothing wrong with me caring about someone I know, whether or not they happen to be Canadian or white. That they are, does not reduce the ... purity of my care.
You seem to be reversing it, suggesting that, because this person that I know (who happens to be white and Canadian) is important to me is because they are white and Canadian.
Logically, that's not valid.
What has logic got to do with human emotions?
When it comes to human (or Hobbit!) emotion, things don't always have to make sense...
“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"When I die, I want to go like my grandpa . . . . .peacefully, in his sleep . . . . NOT like the passengers in his car!!"
A humorous definition: "Tact is that uncanny ability to tell someone to 'go to hell' in such a way that he then returns to ask directions!"
always heard this as "diplomacy" ... still funny as all hell though!
LOL
DaveC426913
Valued Senior Member
It has to do with the argument you were making:
You are interpolating how people feel, in your opinion. But it is based on faulty logic (the reversal, post 1105), leading to an unwarrantedly cynical conclusion.
But it isn't my logic that matters here. I'm just pointing out how people do feel, whether their logic is valid or not.
DaveC426913
Valued Senior Member
And how do you know how 'people' feel?
The same way I know anything.
DaveC426913
Valued Senior Member
Exactly.
You are projecting upon others your belief about how people feel about 'bloody foreigners', and then faulting them for it.
That's doesn't say anything about how people really are, but it does speak to your cynicism about the world.
Personally I am fed up of all the bloody foreigners coming over here and using up all our bandages. Don't they know they should be somewhere bleeding else?
I mean if you are a bloody foreigner and you know your a bleeding foreigner, at least bandage yourself up a bit before you get here, if only to keep the floor clean.
Bloody hell, that's where all the bleeding foreigners will end up if we don't sort this out.
*Disclaimer*
My tongue is firmly in my cheek and resembles a large gobstopper.
Where did I fault anybody for anything? I pointed out that people tend to "care" more about members of their own tribe. That isn't cynical. It's just a fact.