You may have noticed that I spent the entire first paragraph of my comment making that exact point. Again, I think that gjm summarized my line of thinking about this much better upthread, including laying out the more subtle points that I didn’t make in the parent. I think it should be clear by this point that we’re stuck in a false dilemma, since the two positions we’re considering both lead to highly unpalatable conclusions.
You may have noticed that I spent the entire first paragraph of my comment making that exact point. Again, I think that gjm summarized my line of thinking about this much better upthread, including laying out the more subtle points that I didn’t make in the parent. I think it should be clear by this point that we’re stuck in a false dilemma, since the two positions we’re considering both lead to highly unpalatable conclusions.