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No. I never bring up the topic with them not do I express any opinions about the veracity of such stories in front of them. But hey thanks for the ad-hominem t
by sievebrain 8y ago
No. I never bring up the topic with them not do I express any opinions about the veracity of such stories in front of them.
But hey thanks for the ad-hominem that suggests my friends don't trust me despite knowing nothing about me DanBC. I can easily do the same in reverse - did it ever occur that perhaps women tell you about "experiences" because they think you're an easy mark?
- tomp 8y agoI really wish your post above wasn't flagged. I tried "vouching" for it but I don't think it worked.
- sievebrain 8y agoThanks anyway. HN readers can't handle the idea of a woman lying at all, really.
- DanBC 8y agoYou don't think you're guilty of adhom yourself, with your "they're all lying" claim? And, really,it doesn't matter what they tell me or you. It matters what they tell crime survey statisticians. Have you _ever_ bothered to look up your country's crime survey stats?
- sievebrain 8y agoAd hominem would be if I tried to dismiss an argument with an unrelated attack on someone's personality. In this case I'm not even talking about their personalities or making unrelated accusations, just reporting what happened. Reporting their stories in their own words can't possibly be ad hominem and I'm not even accusing them of lying - they clearly told me what really happened, that's how I'm so sure they were never in danger. I'm well aware of what self reported crime stats say but my entire thesis in this thread is that women routinely make wildly exaggerated claims so why would surveys of what they think change my mind? A huge disparity between self reports and actual criminal cases is exactly what I'd expect to see