Feels like you think Duncan thinks the options are “Nate’s amount of bruising” and “no bruising”. I don’t know why you’d think Duncan thinks that.
No, I don’t believe Duncan thinks this (it’s a pretty dumb thing to believe, and Duncan is smart). I believe Duncan was intentionally using rhetorically dishonest language to distract from the possibility of “reducing” bruising by talking only about “never” bruising another person.
No, I don’t believe Duncan thinks this (it’s a pretty dumb thing to believe, and Duncan is smart). I believe Duncan was intentionally using rhetorically dishonest language to distract from the possibility of “reducing” bruising by talking only about “never” bruising another person.