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Re:Mike Replies To A Slightly Offended, Not Very Enthusiasti... by mkramlich on Thursday June 17, 2010 @05:49PM (#1440486)
And some so-called pedophiles are also gay. So?
Re:Mike Replies To A Slightly Offended, Not Very Enthusiasti... by rortian on Thursday June 17, 2010 @06:00PM (#1440534)
I guess you don't understand proper subset. He was implying that all pedophiles are gay (or that all gay people are pedophiles which I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that he wasn't saying that).
Re:Mike Replies To A Slightly Offended, Not Very Enthusiasti... by mkramlich on Thursday June 17, 2010 @06:27PM (#1440636)
Me and understanding 'subset' go back at least 30 years.

And my comment was related to earl's 2nd sentence. The one right before my reply.

My point, which was possibly lost, is that engaging in sexual behavior with a minor does not preclude homosexuality. It is merely orthogonal to it.

I pick my words carefully. Not every reader does as much, and sometimes this happens.

Re:Mike Replies To A Slightly Offended, Not Very Enthusiasti... by hugh3 on Thursday June 17, 2010 @07:46PM (#1440818)
And my comment was related to earl's 2nd sentence. The one right before my reply.

And Earl's second sentence, read properly, also points out that paedophilia is orthogonal to homosexuality. He was proving that A is not a proper subset of B by pointing out the elements of A which are not in B. I assume he didn't bother to mention the elements of A which are in B because they're not relevant to the proof at hand.

I pick my words carefully. Not every reader does as much, and sometimes this happens

Perhaps you're carefully picking which words you read instead of carefully picking which words you write.

Re:Mike Replies To A Slightly Offended, Not Very Enthusiasti... by mkramlich on Thursday June 17, 2010 @10:23PM (#1441117)
I know what earl said. I understand everything everyone has said in this thread so far. Thank you for attempting to clarify that for me though.