Re: Kerry's Improbable Medals
From: Fred Bloggs (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 09/17/04
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:29:46 GMT
Tom Seim wrote:
>>Okay, you're a dumb-arse who knows nothing about statistics other than they
>>are numbers. Each medal is not an isolated incident statistically, as it is
>>dependant on the person involved. You can't just blindly add up the numbers
>>and get a result - it's meaningless, mindless and stupid. If you compared
>>his medal tally to that of a similar rank person who had a similar posting
>>record, it may make more sense, but not necessarily.
>>
>
>
> I take it that "dumb-arse" is "dumb ass" in English. My how erudite
> you are! I am totally blown away by your logical prowess! You must
> have been a debating champ in grade school/high school/college,
> wherever your education mercifully terminated.
>
> You clearly have not read all of my posts. This calculation only
> pretends to demonstrate whether, or not, Kerry's medals can be
> explained by a series of independent events with an equally random
> probability distribution. This is definitely not the case, so other
> probability distribution modifiers must be at play.
>
> Upon closer inspection, this is, indeed, the case. All of Kerry's
> Purple Hearts are Band-Aid injuries, undeserving of the medal and an
> insult to true recipients of the Purple Heart. Worse, two of them are
> fabricated: there was no enemy action involved whatsoever. This is the
> most damning indictment as far as I am concerned: anyone who would
> fabricate military records for personal benefit is unfit to be
> commander-in-chief.
>
> Tom
That's what you say- and anyone so dumb as to attempt a phony
calculation like you have is too damned dumb to have an opinion worth
listening to...
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