One of these things is not like the others, one of these things does not belong
Volokh
sometimes posts puzzles for his readers, so maybe I should post one
too. Every one of the three following claims is undeniably true.
However, one of them differs from the other two in an important
respect. Can you pick the odd man out?
1. If I’m a male teen or adult, and if I can stay out of prison, my odds of being raped are so low as to be negligible.
2. If I'm a straight man, and if I choose not to use intravenous drugs, my odds of becoming HIV-positive are so low as to be negligible.
3. Even if I live in the most prolific death penalty state, if I can avoid embarking on a criminal career that gives me a criminal record as long as my arm, my odds of being executed for a murder I did not commit are so unimaginably subatomically low as to be totally negligible.
(Hint: if you can't solve this problem yourself, find a leftist and read him or her these claims one at the time, and observe his or her reaction to each claim.)
1. If I’m a male teen or adult, and if I can stay out of prison, my odds of being raped are so low as to be negligible.
2. If I'm a straight man, and if I choose not to use intravenous drugs, my odds of becoming HIV-positive are so low as to be negligible.
3. Even if I live in the most prolific death penalty state, if I can avoid embarking on a criminal career that gives me a criminal record as long as my arm, my odds of being executed for a murder I did not commit are so unimaginably subatomically low as to be totally negligible.
(Hint: if you can't solve this problem yourself, find a leftist and read him or her these claims one at the time, and observe his or her reaction to each claim.)
I think the answer depends on how crazy the leftist is; almost all of them will flip out at (3) but as you get crazier and crazier you deny (2) (it's not a gay disease!) and (1) (rape is about violence and not sex!). Again, it depends on how much the person is willing to deny reality in favor of being ignorantly moral.
Posted by Anonymous | 9:09 PM
Number two is more true in developed countries than in Africa.
Posted by Anonymous | 5:38 PM