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You've used correct logic but you missed the point OP was trying to convey.
by enscr 13y ago
You've used correct logic but you missed the point OP was trying to convey.
- baddox 13y agoWhat did I miss? OP is arguing that we should wash our behinds for the same reason that we wash our hands. Yet the reason we wash our hands is to reduce a threat that does not exist (at least, not as readily) for our behinds. And now semantic satiation has kicked in for "behind."
- hueving 13y ago>What did I miss? OP is arguing that we should wash our behinds for the same reason that we wash our hands. No. OP is not arguing that. OP is arguing that if you got mud on your hand and tried to clean it with dry paper, there will still be crusted mud on your hand. Do you see where this is going now?
- baddox 13y agoOP simply doesn't say that. OP refers to the actual common act of washing hands after using the toilet, not the hypothetical act of washing hands after getting "mud" on them.
- enscr 13y agoI think OP meant that washing is good for personal hygiene i.e. not carrying pathogens smeared around on your skin/clothes.
- pantalaimon 13y agoBut to prove that claim OP would have to show that people who just wipe their asses are more often sick than those who wash it each time.
- enscr 13y agoSo personal hygiene is a no-no until you can prove that you can get sick?
- baddox 13y agoThat's a valid point, but not one that directly supports the argument for bidets. Since most people (at least in my neck of the woods) shower at least once a day, personal hygiene is usually accomplished.