Fiona said: "Just because I like chocolate ice cream, it's a bit much to assume that I'll also like vanilla."
The point is that I wouldn't make any assumption about your feelings towards vanilla either way. It is you who seems to be saying that because someone likes chocolate they therefore don't like vanilla.
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--- Steve Rogerson steve.rogerson@mcr1.poptel.org.uk wrote: > Fiona said: "Just because I like chocolate ice
cream, it's a bit much to assume that I'll also like vanilla."
The point is that I wouldn't make any assumption about your feelings towards vanilla either way. It is you who seems to be saying that because someone likes chocolate they therefore don't like vanilla.
Yes, but if you saw me eating chocolate ice cream all the time? If, when offered a choice between chocolate and vanilla, I inevitably pick chocolate? If I talk to you about how much I like chocolate ice cream, but never mention vanilla?
Similarly, if a character in B7 has relationships with women, expresses admiration for women's physical attributes ("I like God's taste in servants!" e.g.), and never seems to express any sort of similar interest in men, I'd assume a *slight* preference for women.
Fiona
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