Re: On Chikan for John
Eric said [a lot more stuff demonstrating he is in denial about whether or
not I am in denial, which I spare the gentle reader by snipping
mercilessly].
Let's just get one thing clear. If I wanted to hold up a role model from the
websites I've visited as a result of trying to check information in this
discussion it would be this:
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TOKYO—Fed up with being groped on trains or leered at by older men,
17-year-old Akie Takeda decided last year that she would help raise
consciousness among young people to curb sexual harassment and exploitation
in Japan.
"It's not easy in a country where even adults are not aware of the need to
protect the rights of children," says the junior high school student. "The
fight is against deep-rooted sexual prejudices in our society," adds Takeda,
who wants to make a full-time job of improving the lives of children once
she finishes college.
(http://www.ipsnews.net/alert/countries/japan1.html)
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Now, she gets a double thumbs-up from me any day, and so do the thousand or
so others with her. But the statistics on that site aren't worth the
cyberspace they're written on. As I just posted:
> even when the necessary information is provided, most people simply
> don't have the tools to think critically about statistics.
(http://www.jimhopper.com/abstats/)
The people who wrote that article don't have the tools, and you *certainly*
don't! What did Declan just call you? A "rather bemused, clueless soul". I
think you're a step or two up from that (but then it's my nature to take a
positive view of things), but I am getting tired of being constantly
identified by you as the enemy, as per:
> > Eric, I'm open to discussion,
>
> No you are not.
>
> > I'm perfectly willing to consider this issue
> > from any and every angle,
>
> You are not.
[snip]
> > I'm prepared to take statistics into account,
>
> No you are not.
It is rather hard to communicate with someone who just won't stop going for
my jugular. What would it take to stop you? If I said, OK, I've got eyes but
I won't use them (I'll just put 100% trust in the statistics on the front
page of the Yomiuri Shinbun), I've got friends, neighbours, colleagues and
confidants, but I won't listen to what they say (I'll just put 100% trust in
the statistics on the front page of the Yomiuri Shinbun), I've got 50 years
of lifetime and experience and intuitions about human nature, but I won't
use any of it (I'll just put 100% trust in the statistics on the front page
of the Yomiuri Shinbun), will *that* keep you happy???!!
Or would you still just keep going for my jugular?
Somehow, I think you probably would.
--
John
http://rarebooksinjapan.com
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