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From: Tim McNamara on 25 Jun 2010 16:49
In article <250620100558543409%aeiou(a)mostly.invalid>,
Mark Conrad <aeiou(a)mostly.invalid> wrote:

> In article <slrni28hqi.3ku.gsm(a)cable.mendelson.com>, Geoffrey S.
> Mendelson <gsm(a)cable.mendelson.com> wrote:
>
> > The only thing I state is that since it was not preserved, it
> > proves nothing. If it had been preserved, it may have pointed to OJ
> > or it may not. It may have pointed to someone else or it may not.
> > No way of knowing.
>
> All true, that we can agree on, as reasonable people.
>
>
> > Everything else is speculation.
>
> Not quite everything else. The matter of the incompetence of the
> L.A. Police Dept at the time is _not_ speculation.
>
> Part of that incompetence is the direct result of the police dept as
> a whole of being rotten logic puzzle solvers.
>
> For example:
> blood + (bad preservation environment) + (murderer going free)
>
> ...meant absolutely nothing to the incompetent police "professionals"
> handling the case, because they were lousy at
> connecting-the-simple-dots.
>
> By contrast, logic puzzle solvers are good at connecting-the-dots.

You're making a lot of of logical errors, Mark, including making
assumptions and then believing them to be objective truth. In fact, you
are doing this so much- and seem so unaware of it- that it calls into
question *your* competence at logic.

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From: Tim McNamara on 25 Jun 2010 16:50
In article <4c24d451$0$5618$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>,
Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <qv8w63qhdy.fsf(a)ethel.the.log>,
> Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Even if one accepts that OJ was acquited because the LAPD didn't do
> > a good job preserving evidence, that has nothing to do with being a
> > puzzle solver.
>
> OJ got off because Mark Fuhrman was corrupt pig.

Terse. But not inaccurate. Although he had help.

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From: Mike Rosenberg on 25 Jun 2010 18:38
Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote:

> > OJ got off because Mark Fuhrman was corrupt pig.
>
> Exactly. That's the only reason he got off.

I'm trying to figure out whether you're serious or sarcastic, Michelle.

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From: Mark Conrad on 25 Jun 2010 22:49
In article <timmcn-20F324.15491725062010(a)news-2.mpls.iphouse.net>, Tim
McNamara <timmcn(a)bitstream.net> wrote:

> > Part of that incompetence is the direct result of the police dept as
> > a whole of being rotten logic puzzle solvers.
> >
> > For example:
> > blood + (bad preservation environment) + (murderer going free)
> >
> > ...meant absolutely nothing to the incompetent police "professionals"
> > handling the case, because they were lousy at
> > connecting-the-simple-dots.
> >
> > By contrast, logic puzzle solvers are good at connecting-the-dots.
>
> You're making a lot of of logical errors, Mark, including making
> assumptions and then believing them to be objective truth. In fact, you
> are doing this so much- and seem so unaware of it- that it calls into
> question *your* competence at logic.

By George, I think you are right, I will remedy my faulty logic:

blood + (bad preservation environment) + (murderer convicted)

There, did that straighten out my previous flawed logic?

Mark-
From: Mark Conrad on 25 Jun 2010 22:55

So, according to Tim McNamara's playbook, all we
need to do is to convince the police to destroy all
their blood evidence, then we will convict a
lot more murderers.

Very clever.

Mark-
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