Re:FBI tries to unmask owner of archive.is
by ToValueFunfetti on Thursday November 06, 2025 @07:44PM
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I think you have to change or abandon the metaphor to make your point. These are not true statements of spoiled eggs and house fires, and so much so as to make a reasonable claim about institutions and malfeasance look absurd.
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Re:FBI tries to unmask owner of archive.is
by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Thursday November 06, 2025 @08:08PM
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> These are not true statements of spoiled eggs and house fires, and so much so as to make a reasonable claim about institutions and malfeasance look absurd.
True, but I disagree with the conclusion. When I try to map it back to reality and it doesn't make sense, it is indeed an indictment of the analogy. But the fact I have to abuse the analogy to make that mapping coherent is not my problem; it's not my analogy.
However, within the context of the analogy, and if one can imagine that absolutely insane scenario, the logic holds.