As for your position on cultural differences, I hope you realize that it is a very thin argument that can logically be taken to dangerous conclusions: Americans are culturally inferior, hence cannot be trusted with guns while swiss can > to Americans are more violent > to Americans are inferior & violent.[/quote]
“Thin” and “can logically be taken to dangerous conclusions” are two completely different things. You say it’s both and then explain how you think it can be logically taken to dangerous conclusions, but don’t explain why you think it’s thin. I’d be interested to hear why you think that.
As far as “dangerous” conclusions, the most dangerous conclusions are those you reach based on what you want to believe instead of the evidence. If you don’t want to conclude that Americans are more violent than Swiss, and therefore you don’t, that is dangerous. If it is your opinion that “more violent” is “inferior,” then I don’t see how you can escape the conclusion that Americans are inferior to Swiss. In that respect. Because clearly Americans are move violent.
