But the subsequent comment was supposed to provide support for the original comment. (It was proffered in response to a request for such support). It therefore seems reasonable to criticise it if it fails to do so, doesn’t it?
ETA: Apologies. This comment was stupid. I should learn to read. Withdrawn.
ETA2: Please don’t upvote this! I shouldn’t be able to gain karma by saying stupid things and then admitting that they were stupid. If we want to incentivise renouncing stupid comments, we should presumably downvote the originals and upvote the renunciations so that the net effect is zero. (Or, if you think the original was correct, I guess you could upvote it and downvote the renunciation.)
But the subsequent comment was supposed to provide support for the original comment. (It was proffered in response to a request for such support). It therefore seems reasonable to criticise it if it fails to do so, doesn’t it?
ETA: Apologies. This comment was stupid. I should learn to read. Withdrawn.
ETA2: Please don’t upvote this! I shouldn’t be able to gain karma by saying stupid things and then admitting that they were stupid. If we want to incentivise renouncing stupid comments, we should presumably downvote the originals and upvote the renunciations so that the net effect is zero. (Or, if you think the original was correct, I guess you could upvote it and downvote the renunciation.)
It did. See the first excerpt pjeby quoted in reply to orthonormal’s query.
Sorry. You’re right. I’m an idiot.