Re:FreeBSD 10.3 officially supported on Microsoft Azure
by dagaci on Thursday June 09, 2016 @04:47PM
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If you point out to a football team supporter, that what constitutes their team is always in flux. Player's change, managers change, staffs change, owners change, uniforms change. Sometimes even grounds change and names even change <- objective facts!
You will rarely be able to dimmish that persons passion and feeling for that team or convince them that the other team isn't as bad as they feel it is.
:)
Re:FreeBSD 10.3 officially supported on Microsoft Azure
by woodman on Thursday June 09, 2016 @05:01PM
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I don't think any further examples of the association fallacy are necessary. Isn't it obvious that such analogies are debate tools, not useful in actual conversation? Do you expect someone to further the conversation about FreeBSD preference by defending sports fans?
Re:FreeBSD 10.3 officially supported on Microsoft Azure
by dagaci on Friday June 10, 2016 @04:47AM
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\1 I don't think you really know what association fallacy means. You conflate "analogy" with "association fallacy".
\2 Also this thread is not about FreeBSD preference, neither is the topic > the topic is about Microsoft supporting FreeBSD in the cloud.
That might be because the "antagonists" are motivated by something more complex than whatever bulletpoint you're focused on... like the concept of free software. Try to think of an elevator pitch for it, now imagine how that would hold up in an adversarial debate where your interlocutor likens you to a "conspiracy theorist" or "the religious".
> Its a pattern -> learn to recognise it.
Yes, you've perfectly demonstrated the association fallacy, learn to recognize it.