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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
If we know someone has been violent, why do we care about the details? I mean does it really matter if he threw his guitar at her or he kicked her instead? They are both violent acts which support the conlcusion that he was violent, which is sad.
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I think you're really missing the point. It matters if he neither threw his guitar nor kicked her.
Those pesky details are all we have from which to draw conclusions, since we weren't witnesses.
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And, though it is interesting to know why, the Titanic sank regardless of the details -- so the conclusion is still valid 
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The conclusion that the Titanic ran aground would be no more valid than the conclusion that she was raptured skyward by UFOs.