Posted by Dr. Bob on June 16, 2002, at 17:08:05
In reply to last word on overgen., I hope (and so do you!) » katekite, posted by beardedlady on June 16, 2002, at 16:37:12
> I wonder why no one on the med board has received a PBC for overgeneralizing in the past.
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> I could have found many reasons to issue a PBC to lostboync. My problem is that it was issued because he was overgeneralizing. That's not against the rulesIt's in the FAQ:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#civil
It hasn't been there from the very beginning, but this did come up before, and it's been there for a while now.
> I was hoping you would slam lostboync immediately under his post.
Please don't suggest that anyone harm anyone else, thanks.
> I want to be able to say, "Relax! Have a beer!"
You can do that, that's not overgeneralizing.
> I want to be able to say, "Broccoli is sooooo good for you,"
Hmm, if you're posting that to a particular person, maybe that shouldn't count as overgeneralizing, either -- and maybe I should take back what I said before about alcohol and milk... There's that other "rule" about not jumping to conclusions, but that has a different intent...
I guess even "broccoli is good for people" would be OK. Maybe that's generalizing, but not overgeneralizing? But "broccoli is good for everyone no matter what" would be overgeneralizing.
How's that? Better?
Bob
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