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fighterpilot · 2021-10-10 12:34:11

I agree with you if we're talking about analogies, but not if we're talking about actual historical precedent.

TillE | karma 15387 | avg karma 3.69 · | 2014-12-04 13:21:46+00:00

Analogies are not meant to be precisely equivalent in every respect. They're just a tool to illustrate a certain point.

SixSigma | karma 2825 | avg karma 1.05 · | 2014-02-09 20:11:59+00:00

That's the problem with analogies, they are analogies.

EMIRELADERO | karma 3064 | avg karma 4.04 · | 2023-09-11 15:31:36

No. That's not an accurate analogy however.

devrandomguy | karma 959 | avg karma 2.56 · | 2017-08-21 16:04:59+00:00

I disagree, and I'm glad we can do that :)

IMO, analogies are fair game, and a useful tool for simplification. They can also work well for highlighting hypocrisy, when a supposedly universal rule is not being applied as widely as we thought it was.

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gfodor | karma 18859 | avg karma 3.92 · | 2014-03-09 19:44:23+00:00

It's an analogy, not an equivalence.

throwaway82652 | karma 503 | avg karma 1.93 · | 2022-04-30 13:16:31

No, it's not even close to that. Analogies aren't that good of a tool to use here.

capableweb | karma 37790 | avg karma 4.15 · | 2023-11-17 07:39:23

Huh? You mind explaining how that applies to my comment, in terms of the things we're actually talking about instead of analogies?

auggierose | karma 4751 | avg karma 1.77 · | 2016-05-25 14:39:33+00:00

I am aware of that. That's why analogies are usually not very useful.

PUSH_AX | karma 978 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2024-06-18 06:50:56

No, that’s not how analogies work.

everfree | karma 1588 | avg karma 1.98 · | 2022-11-27 18:29:08

No, that has nothing to do with the analogy.

jjk166 | karma 6119 | avg karma 2.21 · | 2023-02-08 16:53:11

I don't think you understand how analogies work.

jjeaff | karma 13640 | avg karma 2.31 · | 2020-09-08 20:42:28+00:00

Analogies are important to help understand the world and put things in context. Not only that, but analogies like this are commonly used in our legal system to both argue a point and justify a judicial decision. So I disagree that my comment is a derailment at all. X doesn't have to be exactly like Y for a comparison to be drawn, and I see little difference in the two.

smt88 | karma 21138 | avg karma 2.28 · | 2021-02-01 10:12:14

Analogies are, almost by definition, "incorrect". They're still very useful.

ailideex | karma 828 | avg karma 1.76 · | 2017-06-26 08:37:48+00:00

This analogy is not accurate.

andybak | karma 19613 | avg karma 3.44 · | 2022-09-15 03:32:03

I don't think this analogy holds up.

xanderlewis | karma 1339 | avg karma 2.05 · | 2024-04-23 13:49:51

I meant analogies in the formal sense, not... straw man analogies.

obelisk_ | karma 96 | avg karma 1.92 · | 2016-01-29 18:43:02

I am generally not a fan of analogies but I think yours is a good one.

pfdietz | karma 12357 | avg karma 1.45 · | 2023-02-16 00:29:06

I think that's clearly not an apt analogy.

fastball | karma 11107 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2023-07-10 07:08:48

I don't think you understand analogies either. That's not an analogy, that is what happened.