Posted by Mary_Bowers on October 23, 2004, at 0:57:46
In reply to One thing I still don't quite understand, posted by Dinah on October 22, 2004, at 21:05:12
The first argument is constructed as a straw horse - an argument against a proposal that has not been offered. Nobody has suggested a comparison with perfectly run sites.
The second argument presents a false delima. It presumes a delima involving merely inferior conditions when the delima at hand is one involving a second school where students are often hurt.
The argument is not that people helped by this site would be better helped by other sites. The argument is that people unwittingly hurt by participation in this site could be protected by measures employed at most sites.
Perhaps someone can seek a determination from the doctor as to whether the application of formal logic in discussions about how to administer a medical information site is "civil."
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