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Yep, that is the sort of response I am referring to. Also, it seems like you find "not as bad as America" to be more comforting than I do.

by jlgreco 13y ago

crdoconnor 13y ago
>it seems like you find "not as bad as America" to be more comforting than I do. Nope, not in the slightest. This is your bias talking. It has nothing to do with me. I hate this law as much as anybody.
- jlgreco 13y ago
  In that case, I don't know what you are driving at by bringing up America.
  - crdoconnor 13y ago
    This is an American website with a predominantly American audience. I'd have thought this made the reason for the comparison fairly obvious.
    - seanmcdirmid 13y ago
      Many of us don't live in America, especially at this time of the day.
      - crdoconnor 13y ago
        This point would be rather more salient if you weren't from America and the commenter above you weren't also from America. I think I might actually be the only person in this thread not from America.
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        seanmcdirmid 13y ago
        That is definitely not true, read the comments.
    - jlgreco 13y ago
      That was not my confusion..... I think you know that. If your motivation for pointing out that America has some extremely poor properties, even when held in comparison to Singapore, was to somehow reassure me about anything concerning Singapore, then your attempt fell flat. Saying that the food your diner serves is better than burnt toast does not comfort me. Similarly, saying that you are better than America does not comfort me. If I say "Your eggs are burnt", don't tell me "well the diner across the street sells burnt toast" and expect me to think better of you. If your intent was not to comfort me in some way with this comparison, then I don't know what the point of the comparison was. I am confused as to why you are making comparisons to other countries, not why you are making a comparison to America in particular.
      - crdoconnor 13y ago
        >If your motivation for pointing out that America has some extremely poor properties, even when held in comparison to Singapore, was to somehow reassure me about anything concerning Singapore My motivation was not to reassure you about anything. My point was to dismiss one of the more popular misconceptions about this country (that it is a police state/dictatorship) by comparing it with one that most people on this website are largely familiar with, and largely agree is not a dictatorship or a police state. >I am confused as to why you are making comparisons to other countries, not why you are making a comparison to America in particular. I am making comparison to countries that most readers of this site will be familiar with because most will not be familiar with Singapore. I am confused as to why you are confused. This all seems painfully obvious to me.
        jlgreco 13y ago
        > one that most people on this website are largely familiar with, and largely agree is not a dictatorship or a police state. You picked a poor country to compare it to then. Congratulations, America is burnt toast and Singapore prides itself for being "better than burnt toast". Quite the sales pitch.
        crdoconnor 13y ago

Yep, that is the sort of response I am referring to. Also, it seems like you find "not as bad as America" to be more comforting than I do.

by jlgreco 13y ago

Yep, that is the sort of response I am referring to. Also, it seems like you find "not as bad as America" to be more comforting than I do.

crdoconnor 13y ago

>it seems like you find "not as bad as America" to be more comforting than I do. Nope, not in the slightest. This is your bias talking. It has nothing to do with me. I hate this law as much as anybody.

jlgreco 13y ago
In that case, I don't know what you are driving at by bringing up America.
- crdoconnor 13y ago
  This is an American website with a predominantly American audience. I'd have thought this made the reason for the comparison fairly obvious.
  - seanmcdirmid 13y ago
    Many of us don't live in America, especially at this time of the day.
    - crdoconnor 13y ago
      This point would be rather more salient if you weren't from America and the commenter above you weren't also from America. I think I might actually be the only person in this thread not from America.
      - deleted 13y ago
        [deleted]
      - seanmcdirmid 13y ago
        That is definitely not true, read the comments.
  - jlgreco 13y ago
    That was not my confusion..... I think you know that. If your motivation for pointing out that America has some extremely poor properties, even when held in comparison to Singapore, was to somehow reassure me about anything concerning Singapore, then your attempt fell flat. Saying that the food your diner serves is better than burnt toast does not comfort me. Similarly, saying that you are better than America does not comfort me. If I say "Your eggs are burnt", don't tell me "well the diner across the street sells burnt toast" and expect me to think better of you. If your intent was not to comfort me in some way with this comparison, then I don't know what the point of the comparison was. I am confused as to why you are making comparisons to other countries, not why you are making a comparison to America in particular.
    - crdoconnor 13y ago
      >If your motivation for pointing out that America has some extremely poor properties, even when held in comparison to Singapore, was to somehow reassure me about anything concerning Singapore My motivation was not to reassure you about anything. My point was to dismiss one of the more popular misconceptions about this country (that it is a police state/dictatorship) by comparing it with one that most people on this website are largely familiar with, and largely agree is not a dictatorship or a police state. >I am confused as to why you are making comparisons to other countries, not why you are making a comparison to America in particular. I am making comparison to countries that most readers of this site will be familiar with because most will not be familiar with Singapore. I am confused as to why you are confused. This all seems painfully obvious to me.
      - jlgreco 13y ago
        > one that most people on this website are largely familiar with, and largely agree is not a dictatorship or a police state. You picked a poor country to compare it to then. Congratulations, America is burnt toast and Singapore prides itself for being "better than burnt toast". Quite the sales pitch.
        crdoconnor 13y ago