> Dana wrote: > have you read that article I posted a while back? It explains the connection > in great detail.
Well, Sam's argument is so ridiculous that it wasn't worth responding to, but since I have a bit more patience today I'll say that: 1.) Yes, guilt by association is a valid critique in general, but it's circumstantial. 2.) The circumstances in this case clearly prevent it being logically applied. If we were to make Sam's analogy logically consistent with this case it'd go something like this: "My HS friend moved to Florida and started a wife beating lobbying group. I donated to his group and attended many wife beating functions his group held. Many of my former staff have left to work for his wife beating club and many of my friend's staff have vacationed with me." "My friend looks to have defended many wife beaters by paying off the prosecutors and I've been to many functions with those prosecutors and photographed with them even though I should have no known association with them." "Many of my local actions look to be directly connected the wife beaters club as they have directly benefited them. Even knowing that my friend's club favors wife beating, I've called him "one of my closest friends" on numerous occasions." "My wife has been photographed numerous times with bruises and cuts and has also often mysteriously "been sick"." "But just because that guy looks to be convicted of wife beating doesn't mean I'm guilty." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177761 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
