17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Mike McNally <m5@vail.tivoli.com> wrote:
Uhh, "fail to save" isn't a moral judgement; it's an observable phenomenon. Either somebody does save money or they don't. I don't see in Tim's wording any judgement being made. It's a numerical thing.
If you replace "drink too much," with "drink enough that they", you get another observable phenomenon.
As is the observable phenomenon that some people focus on the details and miss the point. You may also consider this to be a moral judgement. To argue that the cited examples - out of the universe of possible examples - did not imply a moral judgement is an argument useful only for its humour. James