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I can't tell if you're trying to troll here, but the comment you're replying to said Windcrest is a separate city (it is, with a Mayor and City Council, per htt

I can't tell if you're trying to troll here, but the comment you're replying to said Windcrest is a separate city (it is, with a Mayor and City Council, per https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcrest,_Texas https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcrest,_Texas), and you reply that it's part of the San Antonio MSA, which is true but not what was being discussed. I didn't ever live in or near San Antonio (or Windcrest!), but I did live in Austin and Houston so I am familiar with the Texas phenomenon of cities entirely or almost entirely surrounded by much larger cities. For instance, near Houston there's Bellaire and West University Place.

cwyers 10y ago
Not trolling. The comment being replied to said "Well, Windcrest is a subset of San Antonio, Texas." Not "the city of San Antonio, Texas." Both officially and unofficially, San Antonio is the name of not just an incorporated city, but of the metropolitan area of which it's the largest city. When you say that the metro area, as opposed to the city, was "not what was being discussed," that was an assumption the comment I replied to was making. But nowhere is that said in the comment that started this thread. The principle of charity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity) "requires interpreting a speaker's statements to be rational and, in the case of any argument, considering its best, strongest possible interpretation." The interpretation of the statement being replied to that makes it true is "Well, Windcrest is a subset of the San Antonio, Texas metro area." The "pedantic" comment I was replying to ignored that possible interpretation in favor of an interpretation that made the comment false. But why not interpret the comment in such a way that it's true, given that there's a very common way of reading that (San Antonio the metro area) where it's so?

cwyers 10y ago

Not trolling. The comment being replied to said "Well, Windcrest is a subset of San Antonio, Texas." Not "the city of San Antonio, Texas." Both officially and unofficially, San Antonio is the name of not just an incorporated city, but of the metropolitan area of which it's the largest city. When you say that the metro area, as opposed to the city, was "not what was being discussed," that was an assumption the comment I replied to was making. But nowhere is that said in the comment that started this thread. The principle of charity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity) "requires interpreting a speaker's statements to be rational and, in the case of any argument, considering its best, strongest possible interpretation." The interpretation of the statement being replied to that makes it true is "Well, Windcrest is a subset of the San Antonio, Texas metro area." The "pedantic" comment I was replying to ignored that possible interpretation in favor of an interpretation that made the comment false. But why not interpret the comment in such a way that it's true, given that there's a very common way of reading that (San Antonio the metro area) where it's so?