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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Never happened lol

Rev did and you seem to be supporting it.

So which is it? Do you think the family got thrown out or not?

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence. There is no assumption, neither are appropriate to assume.

So the family just exists in some quantum state of being both thrown out and not thrown out? Interesting idea, but one that doesn't gel with reality.

Again, you seem to be labouring under the misunderstanding that both claims are equally valid; they're not. Sure, based on the information given, we cannot definitively say that the family was or wasn't tossed out, but that doesn't mean all possibilities are equally likely.

For instance, what if I said the friend actually didn't get tossed out? Sure, the OP said he did, but maybe the TC was lying. So, really, it's equally likely that the friend stayed and the family was executed by a squad of ninja assassins that the friend was the grandmaster of, right? Sure, I have no evidence for anything in this paragraph, but as you just said absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

She didn't have to do anything, in fact she had to leave him alone.

*claims woman didn't have to do anything before immediately claiming she had to do something*

I think I'm starting to understand why you're having trouble with these issues regarding logical consistencies.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

a) Your morals aren't in line with your society
b) There is something wrong with bothering strangers over your personal morals, we dislike Jehova's Witnesses for a reason
c) Letters are for addressing different issues, numbers address different elements; please use these to suit my beliefs in future.

a) It's kind of hilarious that you're ranting about improper assumptions up there, yet now you're talking about "my society" when you don't even know what society that is. Anyways, see my previous challenge from earlier in this topic: go into a school or onto a playground or somewhere where there's a lot of kids present and start swearing loudly. You might be interested to learn what society really believes.

b) There's also something wrong with swearing in front of kids. There is a reason why teachers don't swear like pirates in front of their grade school students and why said students swearing will usually earn them a rebuke from the teacher.

c) I politely disagree with your convention, as it is inconsistent with the generally-accepted style guides I typically use in my writing. Note how I was able to address your remark without flying off the handle and swearing at you and any children you may or may not have, because I am someone who has sufficient self control to not treat every request made of me by a stranger as a personal affront that requires a vitriolic response like an emotionally incontinent manchild.

Had the friend responded to the woman's request by rolling his eyes, muttering "whatever", or even just doing nothing, he would have been fine; the fact that he felt the need to start raging at her AND insult her children - who, again, had absolutely no part in this argument - is what makes him a colossal asshole.
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