Neeum Zawan wrote:
> Not disagreeing with you, but I'm wondering if you were implying
> something more. 

I'm saying that it's not so much "generalization" as "addressing a specific 
audience."  It's not saying "every nice guy was blown off by every woman, 
and every woman is now looking for a nice guy."  He's saying "if you're 
looking for a nice guy, and he used to be around, and you blew him off, it's 
your fault he's not around any more."

> If a friend of mine made sweeping
> remarks like these, I'd say the same to him, if I were confident that he
> would still remain a friend.<G> 

Yes, and that works where there's back-and-forth. But when there isn't, the 
appropriate way to look at it is to consider the case presented and discuss 
the merits, not consider all the cases not presented and point out that the 
one presented isn't universal.

It's a story, not a scientific analysis.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    C# - a language whose greatest drawback
    is that its best implementation comes
    from a company that doesn't hate Microsoft.

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