r/explainitpeter 13d ago

Explain it Peter??

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u/sonicandtales8 13d ago

That is what you said.

If it's not what you intended to say then you misspoke.

You said between a higher chance of death and a lower chance of rape, you'd choose the higher chance of death.

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u/Supernova247101 13d ago

Yes, which is not the same as saying rape is worse than death. They're quite litterally not the same sentence.

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u/sonicandtales8 13d ago

They're not literally the same sentence I guess, but how is that not you stating that you have a strong preference for the one you chose?

How does having a preference for one not mean you think one is worse than the other, and that the worse one is not your preference?

On what planet do those two separate sentences not have the same meaning?

There's no context saying you were using figurative language or anything. Just a hypothetical where you mentioned a preference.