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whycombinetor 2 hours ago

What a bizarre bait and switch. Starts talking about browsers allowing malformed HTML and uses that to draw conclusions about allowing certain types of people.

edent an hour ago | parent | next [-]

You may be unfamiliar with metaphor, analogies, and other forms of rhetoric which have been in use since the Roman Empire.

I apologise, I should have signposted those more clearly. As you begin to read more widely, you'll discover many authors use popular rhetorical tricks like this to advance their arguments.

wredcoll an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

My god, and we thought those english teachers were idiots when they insisted we should learn things like reading comprehension and metaphors.

whycombinetor an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It's a poor metaphor. Real tolerance necessitates intolerance - see Marcuse. What is a browser going to do, send malformed HTTP requests and name-and-shame any server who refuses to respond? Servers vs. browsers is not the same type of relationship as people vs. people.

Not to mention that the author's metaphor is implying that certain types of people are malformed.

dingnuts an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

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