And Wilt and Andre are/were "short" compared to a giraffe (even though they all have/had the same number of vertebrae). Relativism isn't wrong, but in the immortal words of the warrior philosopher Qui-Gon Jinn "there's always a bigger fish".
This is why humans developed swords and firearms. It's a cheat against size, speed, and strength.
Which, coincidentally, is what makes democracy powerful as well, since 50 sub normals could overpower a single well trained warrior, merely by waiting until people run out of breath.
And Wilt and Andre are/were "short" compared to a giraffe (even though they all have/had the same number of vertebrae). Relativism isn't wrong, but in the immortal words of the warrior philosopher Qui-Gon Jinn "there's always a bigger fish".
ReplyDeleteHeh.
ReplyDeleteThis is why humans developed swords and firearms. It's a cheat against size, speed, and strength.
ReplyDeleteWhich, coincidentally, is what makes democracy powerful as well, since 50 sub normals could overpower a single well trained warrior, merely by waiting until people run out of breath.