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Light spanking? Please search for the dangers of tasers and cardiac arrest. Ok so you weren't a sociopath, I take it back. It didn't cross my mind you were so

Light spanking? Please search for the dangers of tasers and cardiac arrest. Ok so you weren't a sociopath, I take it back. It didn't cross my mind you were so ignorant. I liked that about the "specific instance of something". That's always the excuse "this was an isolated and unrelated incindent!" Yeah right. No this was police brutality just not taken in the extreme(i.e. not killing). You don't build societies by tasing kids, I can guarantee you that much.

oh_sigh 12y ago
> Please search for the dangers of tasers and cardiac arrest. It was an analogy. I was not comparing a taser to a spanking.
- rantanplan 12y ago
  So you made an analogy between spanking which causes.... nothing(?) and tasing which might cause... cardiac arrest. Your words right? >> I guess that makes me a sociopath though. Sociopath, psycopath or the bad analogy guy. I really don't know, I'll let others decide on that. What you aren't though, is the voice of reason. Let's leave it at that and call it a day. Have a nice day.
  - oh_sigh 12y ago
    The analogy was about how people can share the same general concerns, but disagree as to whether a specific instance or action falls under the realm of the general concern or not. Like I said, it had nothing to do with spanking specifically. Your argument is like saying someone is stupid for saying "You are as pretty as a flower" because the subject certainly doesn't have any stems or pedals, nor are they the reproductive structure of a type of plant. Please learn the how to analyze analogies. I even set it up with an exact explanation of what the analogy was about: > Part of the problem here is that you have a general idea of a very big problem, and you are taking a specific instance of something and imputing that this specific instance is part of the general problem. I can agree with you that there is a general problem of police violence in the country, but I don't think that this was an actual instance of it.
    - rantanplan 12y ago
      I get what you're saying, but unfortunately analogy means: "a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification" (Google) So basically an analogy must be either equivalent, or proportional or comparable with the matter at hand. I think I can analyze analogies pretty well. The problem is what I've already explained; I can't see the analogy in any way, shape or form when we're talking about something like spanking, which has no ramifications, to tasing which can have serious ramifications. Especially when we're talking about teenagers. I've reached my limit on how much better I can explain myself to be honest. As for the "general idea of a very big problem", is hard to understand how you can see so distant and detached "analogies" and yet you refuse to accept this instance as part of that big problem. Police brutality simply means(in my simple mind): "instances where officers of the law use excessive and disproportionate force to deal with a situation at hand". This ranges from unwarranted verbal attacks, physical abuse or even killing someone. Risking a teenager's life, when said teenager posed no threat to anyone, is the definition of excessive and disproportionate force.

oh_sigh 12y ago

> Please search for the dangers of tasers and cardiac arrest. It was an analogy. I was not comparing a taser to a spanking.

rantanplan 12y ago
So you made an analogy between spanking which causes.... nothing(?) and tasing which might cause... cardiac arrest. Your words right? >> I guess that makes me a sociopath though. Sociopath, psycopath or the bad analogy guy. I really don't know, I'll let others decide on that. What you aren't though, is the voice of reason. Let's leave it at that and call it a day. Have a nice day.
- oh_sigh 12y ago
  The analogy was about how people can share the same general concerns, but disagree as to whether a specific instance or action falls under the realm of the general concern or not. Like I said, it had nothing to do with spanking specifically. Your argument is like saying someone is stupid for saying "You are as pretty as a flower" because the subject certainly doesn't have any stems or pedals, nor are they the reproductive structure of a type of plant. Please learn the how to analyze analogies. I even set it up with an exact explanation of what the analogy was about: > Part of the problem here is that you have a general idea of a very big problem, and you are taking a specific instance of something and imputing that this specific instance is part of the general problem. I can agree with you that there is a general problem of police violence in the country, but I don't think that this was an actual instance of it.
  - rantanplan 12y ago
    I get what you're saying, but unfortunately analogy means: "a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification" (Google) So basically an analogy must be either equivalent, or proportional or comparable with the matter at hand. I think I can analyze analogies pretty well. The problem is what I've already explained; I can't see the analogy in any way, shape or form when we're talking about something like spanking, which has no ramifications, to tasing which can have serious ramifications. Especially when we're talking about teenagers. I've reached my limit on how much better I can explain myself to be honest. As for the "general idea of a very big problem", is hard to understand how you can see so distant and detached "analogies" and yet you refuse to accept this instance as part of that big problem. Police brutality simply means(in my simple mind): "instances where officers of the law use excessive and disproportionate force to deal with a situation at hand". This ranges from unwarranted verbal attacks, physical abuse or even killing someone. Risking a teenager's life, when said teenager posed no threat to anyone, is the definition of excessive and disproportionate force.