Rush thinks amnesty will be next...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

No, actually, I wasn't. You get rid of America you get rid of Smog, get rid of smog you get cleaner air, cleaner air smells better.

News flash: "Americans are more of a danger..." is a generalization.

No, it's a fact.

[Coito ergo sum]

Well tell me, who else has control over the political and military future of the nation?

Duh, the French control France. The Russians control Russia. That doesn't make the French or Russians "dangers" to France and Russia.

It's a generalization, like your next one: "[America] would just smell better [without Americans]."

[Coito ergo sum]

No, actually, I wasn't. You get rid of America you get rid of Smog, get rid of smog you get cleaner air, cleaner air smells better.

News flash: "Americans are more of a danger..." is a generalization.

No, it's a fact.

Calling it a fact doesn't make it less of a generalization.

[Trolldor]

Well tell me, who else has control over the political and military future of the nation?

Duh, the French control France. The Russians control Russia. That doesn't make the French or Russians "dangers" to France and Russia.

It's a generalization, like your next one: "[America] would just smell better [without Americans]."

Actually, the biggest threat to any nation is the entity which contains the power to tip it in to turmoil, and nothing in history has been as apt at destroying a nation as it's own people.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

No, actually, I wasn't. You get rid of America you get rid of Smog, get rid of smog you get cleaner air, cleaner air smells better.

News flash: "Americans are more of a danger..." is a generalization.

No, it's a fact.

Calling it a fact doesn't make it less of a generalization.

And calling it a generalization doesn't make it less of a fact? SFW? You're trying to deflect, and failing.

[AshtonBlack]

I'll stack America up against just about any country, as far as smell goes. It's the Europeans who have a bigger problem with bathing than the US. We shower daily here. That's apparently still not something universally done in many European countries (e.g. Spain, France, etc.) Pee -- U.

Yes, yes, that's right and our teeth are shocking too.....

and we pay more taxes, speak strangely and most of us have universal health care.

Oh and this:

Nobel Prize winners per capita.

Rank Countries Amount
# 1 Iceland: 3.36999 per 1 million people
# 2 Sweden: 3.33259 per 1 million people
# 3 Switzerland: 2.93764 per 1 million people
# 4 Denmark: 2.39323 per 1 million people
# 5 Norway: 1.74178 per 1 million people
# 6 United Kingdom: 1.65451 per 1 million people
# 7 Austria: 1.34392 per 1 million people
# 8 Ireland: 1.24502 per 1 million people
# 9 Germany: 0.934115 per 1 million people
# 10 Netherlands: 0.914244 per 1 million people
# 11 United States: 0.912983 per 1 million people

It's rubbish being European.

[Coito ergo sum]

No, actually, I wasn't. You get rid of America you get rid of Smog, get rid of smog you get cleaner air, cleaner air smells better.

News flash: "Americans are more of a danger..." is a generalization.

No, it's a fact.

Calling it a fact doesn't make it less of a generalization.

And calling it a generalization doesn't make it less of a fact? SFW? You're trying to deflect, and failing.

No, I was arguing with born again atheist who stated above "See. I can generalize too...." (the implication being that I had generalized, and he was retorting in kind). He began the generalizations.

[Coito ergo sum]

I'll stack America up against just about any country, as far as smell goes. It's the Europeans who have a bigger problem with bathing than the US. We shower daily here. That's apparently still not something universally done in many European countries (e.g. Spain, France, etc.) Pee -- U.

Yes, yes, that's right and our teeth are shocking too.....

Hey, dude - born again atheist started this off by stating that Americans smell (America would smell better without Americans). Why come back at me instead of him?

[Trolldor]

It's not a generalisation if it's a fact. You need to look up what Generalisation means.

[Coito ergo sum]

I'll stack America up against just about any country, as far as smell goes. It's the Europeans who have a bigger problem with bathing than the US. We shower daily here. That's apparently still not something universally done in many European countries (e.g. Spain, France, etc.) Pee -- U.

Yes, yes, that's right and our teeth are shocking too.....

and we pay more taxes, speak strangely and most of us have universal health care.

Oh and this:

Nobel Prize winners per capita.

Rank Countries Amount
# 1 Iceland: 3.36999 per 1 million people
# 2 Sweden: 3.33259 per 1 million people
# 3 Switzerland: 2.93764 per 1 million people
# 4 Denmark: 2.39323 per 1 million people
# 5 Norway: 1.74178 per 1 million people
# 6 United Kingdom: 1.65451 per 1 million people
# 7 Austria: 1.34392 per 1 million people
# 8 Ireland: 1.24502 per 1 million people
# 9 Germany: 0.934115 per 1 million people
# 10 Netherlands: 0.914244 per 1 million people
# 11 United States: 0.912983 per 1 million people

It's rubbish being European.

What are you on about?

Born again atheist made some stupid assertions about Americans. I responded in kind. Don't get a bug up your butt.

[Coito ergo sum]

It's not a generalisation if it's a fact. You need to look up what Generalisation means.

LMAO

Here's the dictionary definition of "generalization" in this context:

"a general statement, idea, or principle."

Or, in logic:

"a proposition asserting something to be true either of all members of a certain class or of an indefinite part of that class."

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/generalization

So, no, the truth or falsity of a proposition is not determinative of whether it is a "generalization." Some generalizations are true; some are false.

[Trolldor]

You really didn't go to a decent school did you?

"All leaves are green" is a generalisation. All cows are Bovines is not.

[Clinton Huxley]

I contend that ALL generalizations are ridiculous. What was this thread on about, again?

[Trolldor]

Those damn Blackies.

[Coito ergo sum]

You really didn't go to a decent school did you?

"All leaves are green" is a generalisation. All cows are Bovines is not.

Wrong. Read the dictionary again. Try reading it slower so you'll be sure to understand.