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throwlaplace
on Jan 8, 2020
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Finland is the only EU country where homelessness ...
Lol and polio and measles will never be eradicated either because we still have cases. oh wait there's a reason why they haven't been eradicated hmmmmm.
calmworm
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I don’t see the connection. What is the point you are trying to make here?
throwlaplace
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my point is that to assume that something that has existed (continues to exist) will never cease to exist is fallacious reasoning.
TheSpiceIsLife
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Maybe a homelessness vaccine?
huffmsa
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Bad analogy. If the fins were actively rounding up homeless and forcing them into shelters, or disposing of them, then you'd have a case.
throwlaplace
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i don't need a proper analogy when op that i responded to commits is-ought fallacy. that's my point - to lay bare that fallacy.
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