“I’m in the US, and pay taxes to the US government, but I didn’t invade Afghanistan.”
I agree, that’s exactly the point. When I said that “Muslims are not asking nicely,” I was not referring to every last Muslim.
“The original thought-experiment asked us to imagine that all British people suffered from salmon-phobia. This assumes a level of distinction that in real life, we would regard as a fallacy”
Agree, the original thought experiment would be more accurate if British people had the same sort of general feeling about fish which Muslims have about Koran-burning.
“I’m in the US, and pay taxes to the US government, but I didn’t invade Afghanistan.”
I agree, that’s exactly the point. When I said that “Muslims are not asking nicely,” I was not referring to every last Muslim.
“The original thought-experiment asked us to imagine that all British people suffered from salmon-phobia. This assumes a level of distinction that in real life, we would regard as a fallacy”
Agree, the original thought experiment would be more accurate if British people had the same sort of general feeling about fish which Muslims have about Koran-burning.
And in that case, my original point still stands.