From cbmvax!uunet!PICA.ARMY.MIL!protin Thu Jun 20 15:34:09 1991 Return-Path: Date: Thu Jun 20 15:34:09 1991 From: "Arthur W. Protin Jr." (GC-ACCURATE) To: lojban-list@snark.thyrsus.com Subject: Re: categorization and generalization... Message-Id: <9106201015.aa20257@COR4.PICA.ARMY.MIL> Status: RO Folks, My fingers missed a character and it may affect the way you interpret what I said in my previous posting. The paragraph without the needed character was > By the logic of the marijuanna-heroin link, tobacco and > chewing gum should be banned as well because 97 of all heroin > addicits chewed gum before trying heroin!. This logic also > fails miserably to explain why millions of marijuanna users > only yields thousands of heroin addicts. and with the very important "%" is: > By the logic of the marijuanna-heroin link, tobacco and > chewing gum should be banned as well because 97% of all heroin > addicits chewed gum before trying heroin!. This logic also > fails miserably to explain why millions of marijuanna users > only yields thousands of heroin addicts. sorry!, Art Arthur Protin These are my personal views and do not reflect those of my boss or this installation.