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Re:Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on He... by weberc2 on Thursday January 04, 2018 @11:34PM (#16076566)
Probably, but correlation isn't causation and no group deserves to be judged by its worst constituents.
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Re:Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on He... by Can_Not on Friday January 05, 2018 @05:43PM (#16082427)
> correlation isn't causation

That misleadingly implies the reasonable plausibility of a coincidence, for example that it is random chance that gay marriage is a nation-wide political topic but the legal status of eating shellfish isn't.

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Re:Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on He... by weberc2 on Friday January 05, 2018 @11:04PM (#16083788)
No it doesn't.
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Re:Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on He... by Can_Not on Saturday January 06, 2018 @12:29PM (#16086323)
Even if so, if a group shouldn't be judged by its worst constituents, then should it also not be judged by the silent majority who do nothing?
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