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Isn't it true that when one wants to make a point (especially a polemical one), one should remove all ambiguity? If "schools" refer to "high schools" not univer
by Rod 18y ago
Isn't it true that when one wants to make a point (especially a polemical one), one should remove all ambiguity? If "schools" refer to "high schools" not universities, then the writer should make that explicit.
"Mandatory sports" means "mandatory team sports", I presume. Schools don't want students to be in shape, they want students to feel loyalty towards their alma mater.
- unalone 18y agoThat's a valid point to make - and somebody's argued it on this thread already. I agree that ambiguity should be removed, but that's a conversation for another day. I don't feel this particular story warrants it.
- Rod 18y agoLet's see: - the author does not define "grace" - the author does not define "sports" - the author does not define "schools" Sure, the text is not ambiguous at all! Maybe I am just being a pedantic academic, but in Math if you want to make a point using X, Y and Z, you usually start be defining X, Y, and Z. Human language is vague already, there's no need to make it even worse.