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Of Guns and Spoons

The quote 'If guns kill people, then spoons make Michael Moore fat' overlooks key differences between eating and killing. Eating is a self-inflicted act, while gun violence involves social interaction and affects others. These distinctions are significant enough to dismantle the comparison, raising questions about the understanding of such logical relations.

● Oct 25, 2008 № 373 1 min read 124 words

Of Guns and Spoons

I just read the following erroneous quote:

"If guns kill people, then spoons make Michael Moore fat".
Two observations in this regard: (1) There're ample differences between eating and killing. Logical relations adhering to the one verb not necessarily fit the other. (2) while spoons certainly make Michael Moore fat, this act is self-inflicted: My eating with a spoon makes me fat. Guns / Killing is a social act, it relates to others: My shooting with a gun kills other people. I conceive these as important differences; actually so important, that it nullifies the whole comparison that this quote tries to set up. I wonder how cognitively limited a mind has to be, not to realize that.
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