Spottswoode
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First, apologies for reading your tone wrong. But surely you can understand that when someone replies with lol to a post that was obviously not intended to be funny and follows that with a single short sentence, it’s logical to assume you weren’t interested in my thoughts.
You seem to be misunderstanding what I was suggesting. You say that I believe that you have surmised your logic is faulty by basically “stating you read too much into what Cam Ward actually said”. That is not my point. It is quite logical to assume that’s what Cam meant. Just because it may ultimately prove wrong doesn’t make it illogical. My question is not your conclusion…it’s how you got there.
IMO, the foundation of the argument upon which you base your conclusion was based on a faulty premise. Here is the premise you stated in the first paragraph to make your case for Cam’s intent:
“What singles out a particular example out of a group of examples from
any observer's perspective? Answer: something one example demonstrated
more than any the other examples did.”
I reject that an example must demonstrate something more than any other example could. If I asked you to provide an example of a letter in the alphabet and you said the letter A, that doesn’t mean the letter A demonstrated something more than the other letters…it’s simply an example. And if it’s not a requirement for an example to demonstrate something greater than other possible examples, then the foundation for your conclusion is based on a faulty premise.
As far as it not being a common communication style to name every possible example, we agree. Naming every possible example would mean you are not really giving an example. My point was in order to give an example, he would have to name one or a few specific teams. To not name a team would be to not provide an example. Just like when I used the letter A example, I had to pick one. The only way I could avoid highlighting the letter A would be to recite the alphabet and now I’m not providing an example. But using the letter A does not necessarily infer that A has any special significance to me v. the other letters. And using Dallas does not necessarily infer special or nefarious intent from Cam. It could…but it could also simply be an example.
Lastly, you said I may be right about Cam’s comment. Again, I think there is a miscommunication as I don’t think I suggested what I think Cam meant in our discussion. I don’t know what he meant. And I’m also not suggesting that you said Cam was “calling out” Dallas. You were clear in your comment that you weren’t concluding that. The reason I said that he may have beef with Dallas was to simply highlight one extreme of what it could be. I followed by saying he could have just picked the first team that came to mind or the last team he watched…the other extreme. It had nothing to do with what I thought you were suggesting.
If it’s not blatantly obvious, I enjoy discussions that require a level of debate…my wife calls it arguing. My intent is not to discount your opinions and hopefully you take my thoughts as intended. I appreciate your thoughtful responses and not making it personal. And sorry for the length…brevity is not my strength.
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