i think adding an additional dimension does at least not loose any precision. so we have now not ownly “two kind” of people, but “four kind” of people. People={male,female}x{man,women} or however you may call ’em. but then, why stop there? i’m sure we can dissect the whole thing even further, if we only wanted to. why do then some people think that their choice of cutoff point is naturally superior to any other?
for some subspace of topics this distinction is indeed relevant, and i understand it when some people do strongly insist on exact wording. but then again, see, what the sender sends is only half the message. the other half of the message comes from the receiver. (and, yes, 50:50 is just another arbitrary border i set—and i expect you to allow me that. the reason for this is that i do not normally want to have to write all those disclaimers.)
well, now see if that rant made any sense.… =)
i think adding an additional dimension does at least not loose any precision. so we have now not ownly “two kind” of people, but “four kind” of people. People={male,female}x{man,women} or however you may call ’em. but then, why stop there? i’m sure we can dissect the whole thing even further, if we only wanted to. why do then some people think that their choice of cutoff point is naturally superior to any other? for some subspace of topics this distinction is indeed relevant, and i understand it when some people do strongly insist on exact wording. but then again, see, what the sender sends is only half the message. the other half of the message comes from the receiver. (and, yes, 50:50 is just another arbitrary border i set—and i expect you to allow me that. the reason for this is that i do not normally want to have to write all those disclaimers.) well, now see if that rant made any sense.… =)
kind regards, frank