CP pet peeve lately: when people take another posters comparison, and completely distort it into something extreme.
Example "if being drunk is an excuse for sucker punching someone, then it is an excuse for all kinds of behavior (robbery, rape, murder). It isn't an excuse, we are all responsible for our actions, intoxicated or not. "
"What? you are how can you compare a punch and rape and murder! They are completely different!"
Well, he wasn't saying they were the same. He was saying that if alcohol is an excuse, it's an excuse. It shouldnt be. We are still responsible for our actions. That is what where he was drawing the comparison, and it had nothing to do with severity of the act. That is kind of the point.
It is possible to draw a parallel on a certain point, but which is not all encompassing. Many people haven't seemed to figure this out yet.
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