Louisville Will Erupt!

[Dill]

Got them all in a row now.  Folk logic.

(09-28-2020, 04:32 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: GMDino Wrote:"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Very true. Seeing as my original point was that no department is engaged in racial profiling (which Fred apparently disagrees with, citing several decades old cases) it appears we have learned from the past in this instance. 

(09-28-2020, 08:01 PM)GMDino Wrote: Bold statement.  Can you defend it?

(09-28-2020, 08:22 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Since you can't prove a negative (which is a basic principle of logic btw), no.

(09-28-2020, 08:57 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Quote:BTW where is that proof to back up your claim that there is no longer any racial profiling?

Yup, because such proof is impossible, Logic 101 and all.  

(09-28-2020, 10:11 PM)Dill Wrote: If it is possible to prove that profiling occurs or has ever occurred, e.g., 35 years ago,
then it should be possible to show that it has stopped now, if it has.

(09-28-2020, 10:12 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Dear god.  Don't be so keen to leap to your buddies defense that you forget how to read.  I've been asked to prove a negative, is this possible?

(09-28-2020, 10:14 PM)Dill Wrote: Lol that's not a negative. And yes, it is possible to "prove a negative" if the claim is sufficiently circumscribed.

If that weren't possible then induction--science--would not be possible.

(09-28-2020, 10:21 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Proving something doesn't exist is not proving a negative?  OK, we're done. 

(09-28-2020, 11:43 PM)Dill Wrote: Done with logic; done with science.

And not a minute too soon.
look where Fred was going:

fredtoast The exact same types of studies that show racial profiling due to disproportionate rates of stops and/or searches of people based on race could be used to show that racial profiling does not exist.

(09-28-2020, 11:47 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Dill Wrote: Done with logic; done with science.

You've encapsulated your position perfectly, thank you for being succinct for a change.  

NOW we got a Keeper.

This too.

(09-28-2020, 11:32 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Fredtoast Wrote: Okay I will be succinct and to the point.

You also won't answer the actual question.  Par for the course with you.