It's your application of a group statistic to an individual which is the abuse. This is something which is taught in statistics courses (I took several while simultaneously in college & the NG)...
"First is the realization that all people are different. No two people, not even identical twins, are exactly the same background and upbringing, have had the same conversations in the same words, have read the same books or magazines or newspapers at exactly the same time, or done anything the same as anyone else. This fact is precisely the opposite of what is necessary to statistics -- that there are similarities that give significance to the variables.
There are, of course, some factors that many people have in common with other people, and upon them statistics depend. These factors can include the society in which they live, their social class, whether they are urban, suburban or rural; their relationships -- most people have had a mother and father, perhaps siblings, friends of the same or opposite sex; and their interests: sports, television, reading science fiction or mysteries or romances. Of course, not everybody fits into all categories. Again, all people are different, but they do have some things in common.
What the above means is that no statistic has any application to an individual, but can have an application to the group."
He is an individual in the universe... The statistic applies to the universe meaning that if a sample set is taken from the universe one would expect to find the proportion of that sample set to reflect the universe as a whole.
I did not assume anything about the individual based on their skin color, as i know that is used to divide us. It is not difficult to take a 'moral highground', as you call it, when the ground your standing on seems so low...
It's your application of a group statistic to an individual which is the abuse. This is something which is taught in statistics courses (I took several while simultaneously in college & the NG)...
"First is the realization that all people are different. No two people, not even identical twins, are exactly the same background and upbringing, have had the same conversations in the same words, have read the same books or magazines or newspapers at exactly the same time, or done anything the same as anyone else. This fact is precisely the opposite of what is necessary to statistics -- that there are similarities that give significance to the variables.
There are, of course, some factors that many people have in common with other people, and upon them statistics depend. These factors can include the society in which they live, their social class, whether they are urban, suburban or rural; their relationships -- most people have had a mother and father, perhaps siblings, friends of the same or opposite sex; and their interests: sports, television, reading science fiction or mysteries or romances. Of course, not everybody fits into all categories. Again, all people are different, but they do have some things in common.
What the above means is that no statistic has any application to an individual, but can have an application to the group."
He is an individual in the universe... The statistic applies to the universe meaning that if a sample set is taken from the universe one would expect to find the proportion of that sample set to reflect the universe as a whole.
You know what they say about assumptions...
I did not assume anything about the individual based on their skin color, as i know that is used to divide us. It is not difficult to take a 'moral highground', as you call it, when the ground your standing on seems so low...