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Posted by Ed Mullen on April 23, 2008, 12:39 am
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dorayme wrote:
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>> dorayme wrote:
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>>>> Again with my favorite analogy,
>>>> why would a lumberjack cling to his ax after the development of the
>>>> chainsaw?
>>> Because it is easy to carry and much easier to sharpen and is much less
>>> dangerous. Any other analogies?
>>>
>> Obviously you've never chopped down a tree with an ax.
>
> This is not at all obvious. What is obvious is that you have never been
> to the NSW Royal Easter Show to see what a true blue can do with an axe
> and fast!
Ask that competition performer to keep that up all day long like that.
He can't. But he could with a chain saw. Ever hear the old folk song
"John Henry?"
> Perhaps you have never climbed a tree to bring down a branch as thick as
> a tree and taken up an axe or a simple bow saw for the job because these
> are much easier and lighter and safer! A good bow saw cutting a branch
> is easier than is supposed, the weight of the branch opening up the cut
> nicely.
Nonsense. I have. Give me the chain saw every time. I'll do it faster
and easier.
> The development of the chain saw does not preclude the use of simpler or
> older tools.
No, it does not. The choice of tools, however, has nothing to do with
the existence of the tools. you are confusing, or deliberately
obfuscating, the differences.
Normally I ignore your faults in logic because you are being somehow
charming or amusing. Don't abuse the leeway you're being afforded.
--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
How good bad music and bad reasons sound when we march against an enemy.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
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