Posted by Justin on 02/17/06 17:29

HoMoon115 wrote on [17 Feb 2006 09:11:29 -0800]:
>
>> It's all about context and understanding the realities of broad
>> statements that are impossible to be held up.
>>
>> How does a bottomless cup of coffee hold any liquid at all?
>
> The original claim is a very succinct and specific statement. Netflix
> is guilty of false advertising. Falling victim to the perfectionist
> fallacy (we can never change the practices of all violators so there's
> no point in taking action against netflix) does nothing to discredit
> the original claim.

Except that in this society we are bombarded by statements that claim to
deliver one thing yet we receive something else. Consumers have to take
responsibility for their own expectations being wrong. The arseholes
that abuse these things also need to be taken to task.

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