----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 3:13 AM Subject: Re: Technically reality
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:06:43 -0800, Dan Minettte > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>> > Do you stand by the assertion that the technicality is the only >>> reality? >>> >>> In this case, yes, of course. What other reality is there? >> >> The one illustrated by my examples: the highly probable empirically >> observable effects. For example, Jim Crow laws didn't, >> technically, >> address the civil rights of blacks...just those people whose >> ancestors >> were black. The fact that there is a 100% correlation between the >> two >> is irrelevant, in a technical sense. >> >> It's an interesting way of looking at things. I just don't think >> it is a >> helpful way of understanding empirical phenomenon. It doesn't help >> us >> model present observations and predict future observations. If that >> isn't your >> goal, then using the most technical sense is reasonable, but I >> think it >> was Ronn's goal. > > Maybe I'm missing something here, I apologize in advance if that's > the > case. It seems to me that Dan is belaboring the technicality here - > the > fact that there was no mention of how the handicapped would be > provided > for. Isn't it rather silly to assume that if a city adopted a car > free > policy that they wouldn't make provisions for the handicapped? I > don't > know what the laws are regarding the handicapped in the U.K. but I'm > relatively certain that you _couldn't_ do it in the U.S. > > Another perspective; If a city or a country, with the approval of > the > general public, decided that it was in their best interests to > dismantle a > segment of their infrastructure, is it reasonable to expect that > that > infrastructure should be preserved for a tiny minority of that > public? > > Would you consider the handicapped to be a tiny minority? But I think it is safe to assume that London is not proposing dismantling of infrastructure, just restrictions on use. xponent Off The Point Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
