The difference is that “dollars” and “fifty thousand dollars” are obviously equivalent and interchangeable units.
Yes, I agree that the equivalence is far more obvious in this example.
I don’t think that any amount of “occasional minor annoyances” are equivalent or interchangeable with “a long period of horrific torture”.
You are welcome to believe that. It doesn’t follow from the premise you seemed earlier to be concluding it from, though. If you’re simply asserting it, that’s fine.
And, yes, given the choice you describe, I would probably make the same choice.
Yes, I agree that the equivalence is far more obvious in this example.
You are welcome to believe that. It doesn’t follow from the premise you seemed earlier to be concluding it from, though. If you’re simply asserting it, that’s fine.
And, yes, given the choice you describe, I would probably make the same choice.