Re: [OT] The Fallacy of Gray

Author: Ed Leafe

Posted: 2010-02-24 at 11:24:50

On Feb 24, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote:

> Two wrongs are purely and simply wrong and do not make a right, or even a

> shade of gray of a right, unless of course you are trying to justify to

> yourself that it is ok to do whatever you were doing that you knew was

> wrong.

Oh, geez. Do you not understand that "right" and "wrong" are not limited to your moral beliefs? That they also have another meaning of "correct" and "incorrect"? That because two answers are both wrong, that one can be closer to the correct answer than the other?

Wow, I guess I overestimated the willingness of people on this list to think instead of reflexively spew.

-- Ed Leafe

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