Re:U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009)
by giantg2 on Sunday October 09, 2022 @10:43AM
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Plausible is a very low bar. We have to weigh what is more likely. She may not be outright lying, but it seems significantly more likely this isn't the full story and may include exaggerations.
"that's enough for me to assume it true for the purpose of idle commentary."
Why don't you assume what I'm saying is the truth? This is a story with terrible journalism. There's really no reason to assume this is the whole story, or even an accurate one.
"That's consistent with there being a serious problem. You can't compare "raw number of bad things" to "raw number of good things" like that. Trivial example: if 4% of a neighborhood is shot at that's a neighborhood with a big shooting problem."
Please read the context. We aren't talking about shootings. The prior comment implies bad neighbors being common in the US. I'm saying thats not the case. Clearly assessing what is common would be useful to compare raw numbers.
"that's enough for me to assume it true for the purpose of idle commentary."
Why don't you assume what I'm saying is the truth? This is a story with terrible journalism. There's really no reason to assume this is the whole story, or even an accurate one.
"That's consistent with there being a serious problem. You can't compare "raw number of bad things" to "raw number of good things" like that. Trivial example: if 4% of a neighborhood is shot at that's a neighborhood with a big shooting problem."
Please read the context. We aren't talking about shootings. The prior comment implies bad neighbors being common in the US. I'm saying thats not the case. Clearly assessing what is common would be useful to compare raw numbers.