On the one hand, there is truth in what you say about the statistics. On the other hand, treating individuals as though they were statistics tends to be boorish

On the one hand, there is truth in what you say about the statistics. On the other hand, treating individuals as though they were statistics tends to be boorish and obnoxious behavior. If you were running a forum for discussing sports cars, for example, you probably wouldn't consider it acceptable to say 'Indians are not welcome on this site, they haven't got any money so they wouldn't know anything about sports cars'. Similarly, if you encounter a bad programmer who uses PHP, it's fine to criticize him for being a bad programmer. It's not okay to insult PHP programmers in general.