by The Colonel » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:42 pm
Facts?
I doubt your claims of education.
I have told you now many times to read the following:
Max Weber (1919) Politics as a Vocation,
Max Weber (1919) Science as a Vocation,
Alfred Kinsey (1948) Sexual Behavior in the Human Male,
Alfred Kinsey (1953) Sexual Behavior in the Human Female.
Now WHY have you failed to do this?
WHY are you STILL REPEATING THE SAME THINGS without READING THEM?
If you read Weber (No. 2 on my list) you'd see that:
- Facts RARELY speak for themselves,
- So called "facts" are not facts, since they have to be explained by a theory,
- This INTERPRETATION is not a fact.
Let's take an example - CRIME.
Some will take statistical data, and to make sense of it present the following theories:
Crime as a result of gender,
Crime as a result of genetics,
Crime as a result of other biological (e.g. PMS)
Crime as result of social class,
Crime as a result of race/ethnicity,
Crime as a result of economic wealth,
Crime as a result of family structure,
Crime as a mental disorder (for a "kick")
Crime as a matter of individual responsibility and subculture.
See how numerous they are.
Just because one of these theories says (for example) "If you are black you are more likely to be a criminal, supported by this data which shows that 55% of inmates are black" - is bollocks. It CLEARLY cannot be down to skin colour ALONE.
THAT IS NOT A FACT. IT IS AN INTERPRETATION.
INTERPRETATIONS ARE OPEN TO BIAS - AND CAN BE USED TO SATISFY A PREJUDICE.
Fred does this ALL the time with his "facts".
Well Fred - it is about time you seriously WOKE UP. You aren't reading FACTS. You are reading INTERPRETATIONS. And they are potentially DANGEROUS.
NOW F****** WAKE UP.
AND F****** WELL READ THE b***** BOOKS.