You whinge any time anyone ever pokes fun at your faulty line of reasoning or at something contentious you've said, as if we're all out to get you or you're the only one who's ever at the butt of criticism or a joke on here. There are plenty of examples of this around the forum. This is just a recent one. Sorry, I can't help being entertained, but I'll stop laughing at you when you stop whinging.
And of course you'd say my manner or whatever devalues the overall point; sure it allows you to avoid actually engaging logically in debate...
Look, I dunno if you're doing it on purpose or if you're genuinely unaware that you're committing a serious logical fallacy here, but, as it offends my senses, I'll try and explain it to you very simply and as politely as possible. You're inferring something inversely here and obfuscating two separate, independent matters. You're assuming it's unlikely that unknown players with Irish surnames will be eligible because a significant number of our England-born recruits haven't had Irish surnames. The way you present this may seem superficially convincing, but the latter has absolutely no bearing on whether or not an unknown player with a surname of Irish origin will be eligible.
You are reasoning in the following form, which is invalid:
- If many of our recruits have Irish surnames, then there is value in investigating the potential eligibility of players with Irish surnames.
- Many of our recruits do not have Irish surnames.
- Therefore, there is no value in investigating the potential eligibility of players with Irish surnames.
It's called denying the antecedent.
Furthermore, it is undeniable that if one was presented with an unknown player with an Irish surname and an unknown player with a non-Irish surname, the likelihood of the former being eligible will be greater than the likelihood of the latter being eligible. We're simply talking about something being more likely than something else. I can't really help you see the error of your ways any better than that, I'm afraid, but I hope you take note.
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