Brooklyn
I stand with John Locke.
As I have said, and sorry to beat this to death reason is not a prevalent or valued skill among our countrymen. Moreover we have not the time to either decry or remedy this fact.
The fight is now. Thus we must learn the tools of persuasion that will work now. While a message delivered with a smile, is often more pleasing, better still if the smile is unnoticed in preference to the bikini clad model.
To the main point :
I believe that the only reason " If the glove don't fit , you must acquit " has any force at all is that it rhymes.
Consider the rational brain analysis, which few apparently do:
1. the gloves are made of leather
2. When leather gets wet and dries without due care it shrinks
3. Blood is mostly water
4. The gloves had blood on them, hence the term bloody gloves
5. They may have shrunk and likely did.
6. They should no longer fit
7. The gloves are in no way dispositive and may be irrelevant.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MAKES SENSE.
Rhyme and meter are a sophists dream. We ignore them at our peril. As we tend to be rational ,we think others are or at least should be, but they are not.
So while a logical argument is a good start, it is in no way sufficient. We must pay attention to how our argument sounds as well. We can only win if we are logical and also persuasive.
In time, perhaps we can teach our fellows to think, but for now we need to win. To win we need to fight the battle we are in, not the battle we want to be in.
The fight is now. Thus we must learn the tools of persuasion that will work now. While a message delivered with a smile, is often more pleasing, better still if the smile is unnoticed in preference to the bikini clad model.
To the main point :
I believe that the only reason " If the glove don't fit , you must acquit " has any force at all is that it rhymes.
Consider the rational brain analysis, which few apparently do:
1. the gloves are made of leather
2. When leather gets wet and dries without due care it shrinks
3. Blood is mostly water
4. The gloves had blood on them, hence the term bloody gloves
5. They may have shrunk and likely did.
6. They should no longer fit
7. The gloves are in no way dispositive and may be irrelevant.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MAKES SENSE.
Rhyme and meter are a sophists dream. We ignore them at our peril. As we tend to be rational ,we think others are or at least should be, but they are not.
So while a logical argument is a good start, it is in no way sufficient. We must pay attention to how our argument sounds as well. We can only win if we are logical and also persuasive.
In time, perhaps we can teach our fellows to think, but for now we need to win. To win we need to fight the battle we are in, not the battle we want to be in.