Yeah, and the same is also true for religions, cultures and countries.
--- authfriend <authfriend@...> > > This is an instance of what's known as "false > equivalence," something people who don't think very deeply > frequently engage in. > > If Organization A is "a mix of good and bad" and > Organization B is also "a mix of good and bad," it > suggests that there's not much difference between > Organization A and Organization B in terms of degrees of > goodness or badness. Therefore, the stunted thinking goes, > one shouldn't dump on Organization A, because it's no > worse than Organization B (or any other organization). > > But of course "a mix of good and bad" can be 90 percent > good, 10 percent bad; OR 90 percent bad, 10 percent > good--or anything in between. The fact that all > organizations have a mix of good and bad does not mean > that the proportions of the mix are equivalent in all > cases. > > The "mix of good and bad" meme is used as an excuse to > avoid the difficult process of evaluating each > organization (or person, or "whatever") on its own terms, > and/or to invalidate criticisms of an organization one > happens to be fond of. It's lazy and fundamentally > intellectually dishonest. > > > --- In <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > Michael, I can't think of one person or organization or > > whatever in this world that isn't a mix of good and bad. > > Can you? I mean other than the Funny Farm Lounge which > > is all good (-: > > > > > > --- Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> > > > > > > I have had the same experience - if you are going to > > > deal with Yahoo, you are gonna have to take a ration > > > of crap, same as if you deal with the TMO (couldn't > > > resist!)
