"What you 're saying , in effect , is that if there are three naughty children in a class and only one of them gets punished , he ca n't actually have been naughty , because if he had , the other two would have been punished too ."
"No , IÂ ’ m saying all three of them could have been naughty , but the other two were teachers pets . LetÂ ’ s name the children , letÂ ’ s call the one who was punished ~ID~ , and weÂ ’ ll call the first of the two pets ~atheistic evolution~ and weÂ ’ ll call the other unpunished one ~global warming~ . AE and GW have influential parents , they attend a lot of PTA meetings , and have influence on how the teacher is paid , or if the teacher is fired ."
"he ca n't actually have been naughty , because if he had"
"could have been naughty , but the other two were teachers pets ."