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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 5537933" data-attributes="member: 2067">Yes. This was how I demonstrated that the logic is absurd: a clearly absurd proposition follows from the logic's use. I could have chosen another rare event of some sort, but I assumed that murders were something that most any observer could agree were things that were not OK. I am not equating them, and if you were confused in my initial post, you should not be now, after I have demonstrated the difference between a comparison and an equation. If you continue to insist that I was equating them, I'm afraid I must conclude that you are denying reality, and thus that you are not interested in having a conversation, and so cease conversing with you. Again, &quot;analogy&quot; can be a difficult concept to grasp. When someone says &quot;That hurt like hell!&quot; they are not making a literal 1:1 equation between their current pain and the possible pain of a realm of eternal torment, even though I'm sure it can sound like that! I've worked with a few kids with Aspergers who have no trouble pointing out that &quot;THAT'S NOT TRUE!&quot; when someone says that! It's an important point to understand about human interaction, though, that a lot of us speak in metaphor, analogy, allusion, comparison, and simile, rather than in equation. I don't really disagree with you, myself, but I can see how it certainly ruins the mood in some games. And it's hilarious.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 5537933, member: 2067"] Yes. This was how I demonstrated that the logic is absurd: a clearly absurd proposition follows from the logic's use. I could have chosen another rare event of some sort, but I assumed that murders were something that most any observer could agree were things that were not OK. I am not equating them, and if you were confused in my initial post, you should not be now, after I have demonstrated the difference between a comparison and an equation. If you continue to insist that I was equating them, I'm afraid I must conclude that you are denying reality, and thus that you are not interested in having a conversation, and so cease conversing with you. Again, "analogy" can be a difficult concept to grasp. When someone says "That hurt like hell!" they are not making a literal 1:1 equation between their current pain and the possible pain of a realm of eternal torment, even though I'm sure it can sound like that! I've worked with a few kids with Aspergers who have no trouble pointing out that "THAT'S NOT TRUE!" when someone says that! It's an important point to understand about human interaction, though, that a lot of us speak in metaphor, analogy, allusion, comparison, and simile, rather than in equation. I don't really disagree with you, myself, but I can see how it certainly ruins the mood in some games. And it's [I]hilarious[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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