I'll stipulate it and give some more thought to your position in that context. It definitely colors things a bit; I'm not sure whether it legitimately changes things.
On the flip-side, would you feel differently if the attribute being discussed was clearly not a feeling?
"I don't like guns and I think the fewer people have them, the shorter we are", or some such.
I'll stipulate it and give some more thought to your position in that context. It definitely colors things a bit; I'm not sure whether it legitimately changes things.
On the flip-side, would you feel differently if the attribute being discussed was clearly not a feeling?
"I don't like guns and I think the fewer people have them, the shorter we are", or some such.