Posted by beardedlady on June 16, 2002, at 14:13:52
In reply to Re: overgeneralizations ps » Phil, posted by Phil on June 16, 2002, at 12:20:02
I don't care whether what the guy said was true or false. What I care about is issuing a PBC based on someone making overgeneralizations. We make them every day, and almost every argument has one. (See my post above.) The issue with this one is that someone didn't find them supportive. But who's going to issue a PBC to someone who says, "Fish oil is good for you," when that's clearly an overgeneralization? And those overgeneralizations are made thousands of times a week on PB.
Although this poster in question used some questionable language and seemed to be quite angry, it's hard to tell whether one of us will be blocked next time because we made an overgeneralization. This is when I (and possibly Kate) begin to worry whether some rules are arbitrary.
beardy
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