XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , Brian M.   
   Scott  wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:23:03 +1300, Your Name   
   >  wrote in   
   >  in   
   > rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.science,rec.arts.sf.misc:   
   >   
   > > In article , David Johnston   
   > >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >> On 1/14/2014 5:15 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   >   
   > >>> In article , David Johnston   
   > >>>  wrote:   
   >   
   > >>>> On 1/14/2014 12:54 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > [...]   
   >   
   > >>>>> Horse travel is just as safe as any other form of   
   > >>>>> transport - people have died using any of them.   
   >   
   > >>>> People have died using any of them does mean that they   
   > >>>> are all equally safe.   
   >   
   > >>> It means none of them are completely safe.   
   >   
   > >> Which is not the same thing as all being "just as safe".   
   >   
   > > Good grief. The pedantic stupidity of the Internet strikes   
   > > again.   
   >   
   > You said: ’ÄòHorse travel is just as safe as any other form of   
   > transport’Äô.  This is manifestly false.  You attempted to   
   > justify by noting that ’Äòpeople have died using any of them’Äô;   
   > it is hardly pedantry to point out that this, while true, is   
   > irrelevant to the initial assertion.   
   >   
   > > I never said it was 100% exactly the same down to the   
   > > precetnage 90millionth decimal place. The point was that   
   > > some people die from and some people safely use ANY and   
   > > EVERY transport type.  :-\   
   >   
   > If that was the point, you should not have made the much   
   > stronger assertion that ’ÄòHorse travel is just as safe as any   
   > other form of transport’Äô.   
      
   Whatever utter crap you want to delude your tiny brain with.  :-\   
      
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