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Originally Posted by towny
I intend to honour a promise (above) not to keep revisiting logical fallacies, so I am happy to leave it there and let anyone interesting in reading this discussion decide whose reasoning best fits the definition.
As for the definition of descrimination, which is nearer to the heart of the topic, the 'cognitive process' definition is not to be so easily dismissed. It serves to point out, quite neatly, that it is possible to speak of discrimination without the very word necessarily implying something improper or unjustified. So, when you say women being allowed to wear ear rings while men are banned, is discrimination, you are correct. When you say that this is therefore wrong, you are incorrect - especially if the only evidence you have to back this up is a quote from a dictionary which, when you read it in full, does not back up your point of view.
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Discrimination is wrong, letting women wear earrings but not men is discrimination, ergo it is wrong.
Its about time you justified your discriminatory stance on allowing police women but not policemen the right to wear earrings. Which is in apart, also pandering to the prejudice that men who wear earrings deserve less respect than women who wear earrings.