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Re:Administration Using the Full Power of the Surveillance S... by ceejayoz on Monday August 05, 2019 @02:04PM (#20616542)
One can argue that's a logical fallacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
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Re:Administration Using the Full Power of the Surveillance S... by monocasa on Monday August 05, 2019 @04:04PM (#20618286)
You can't say "you're not a scotsman because I don't like your actions or opinions". You can say "you're not a scotsman because you're neither from scotland, nor have any particular tie to it."

Similarly fiscal conservatism has an actual definition, and it's totally vaild to say "you don't adhere to the definition", as long as you're not applying spurious constraints.

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Re:Administration Using the Full Power of the Surveillance S... by ceejayoz on Monday August 05, 2019 @04:27PM (#20618556)
> Similarly fiscal conservatism has an actual definition...

A vague one, making it easy to play the Scotsman game with.

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