Useful Analogy?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37416457

[jim360]

I guess there's a certain level of usefulness in the analogy. After all, when checking through the M&Ms to search for the "bad ones", or the ones you don't want, you tend to check for a particular colour despite the fact that there's actually no difference at all. No doubt Trump et al would target the brown ones?

[Zacs-Master]

'They might kill you' would be less controversial. To say that there are definitely killers (presumably he means terrorists here) in every group is not a good analogy.

[naomi24]

Jim, //No doubt Trump et al would target the brown ones? //

Predominately, probably, but he'd be remiss to overlook the white ones.

[ludwig]

No, it's flawed.

[ludwig]

No, it's flawed.

[jim360]

Well, anyway.

The problem is that while I'm fairly sure it wasn't meant to be offensive what this analogy does manage is to massively oversimplify things. But you knew that already.

[anotheoldgit]

Surely everyone knows that refugees don't taste as sweet as Skittles and far too many can prove bad for you?

[jim360]

Well, what you get up to with refugees in private is no business of mine, AOG.

[Khandro]

sub-question; Should anyone be held responsible for anything their offspring care to say? I'm damn sure I wouldn't :0)

[youngmafbog]

Seem quite a good one to me.

Short, sharp and to the point.

[andy-hughes]

Donald Trump - a gift that just keeps on giving ...

You have to say, Trump Jnr. is certainly a proverbial chip off the old block - he has grasped his father's complete inability to understand even the basics about world situations completely.

[Cloverjo]

What about the American-born white people who go on shooting sprees? Get rid of them too if he wants to continue the analogy. In fact, as someone on TTT's link said, anyone could be a murderer, get rid of everyone.

[Khandro]

andy; // his father's complete inability to understand even the basics about world situations completely.//
The implication being - you do? Perhaps you would care to enlighten us, highlighting these inabilities.

[andy-hughes]

Khandro - //andy; // his father's complete inability to understand even the basics about world situations completely.//
The implication being - you do? Perhaps you would care to enlighten us, highlighting these inabilities. //

If you want to find 'implications' where clearly none exist, then fill your boots, but you'll excuse me if I don't join in.

[youngmafbog]

Donald understands world situations more than most, he is not shackled by the Establishment and is able to say what he ( and millions of others ) think.

Of course, the right-on Metropolitan elite simply cannot understand that someone can disagreeing with them and have the nerve to do it publicly. Luckily Trump has a thich skin and can take the unusual tirade of lefty liberal insults such aas howls of Racist'

[agchristie]

Useful analogy? Well, they do both contain quite a few E's.

Eiliyah,Eimaan,Eliza,Elma,Eman,Enisa,Eraj,Ermina,Eshmaal,Ezzah,Ehan,Ehsan,Eijaz,Emran and so on...

[naomi24]

andy-hughes at 13:13 ::: I agree with Khandro. Implications do exist in your post at 12:53. Rationally, if you find his knowledge wanting, you must know what its lacking.

[andy-hughes]

youngmafbog - //Donald understands world situations more than most, he is not shackled by the Establishment and is able to say what he ( and millions of others ) think.

Of course, the right-on Metropolitan elite simply cannot understand that someone can disagreeing with them and have the nerve to do it publicly. Luckily Trump has a thich skin and can take the unusual tirade of lefty liberal insults such aas howls of Racist' //

Saying Trump is 'not shackled by the Establishment' equates to people who say they 'believe in plain speaking', which they then use as an excuse to foist their uneducated and uncalled for rudeness on anyone within earshot.

Trump's skin is not the only thing about him that is thick!

[naomi24]

andy-hughes, there you go again … he’s ‘thick’. Realistically, I don’t think he’s quite as thick as his opponents would like him to be. He’s been more successful in life than most.

[ToraToraTora]

it's quite fascinating that the usual suspects on the left immediately start talking about colour when really this is a useful statistical analysis of considerable validity.