over-simplification

Yes, that might seem like an impossible goal, an abstract, hypothetical statement that is meant to go in one ear and out of the other, soliciting a derisive chuckle or blank stare, or even angrily dismissed as an over-simplification before being placed high on the proverbial shelf with other ridiculous ideas -- but it's not.

Jeffrey Page: Dance Will Save the World Jeffrey Page 2011

Yes, that might seem like an impossible goal, an abstract, hypothetical statement that is meant to go in one ear and out of the other, soliciting a derisive chuckle or blank stare, or even angrily dismissed as an over-simplification before being placed high on the proverbial shelf with other ridiculous ideas -- but it's not.

Jeffrey Page: Dance Will Save the World Jeffrey Page 2011

Any analogy between a potential antitrust case against Google and the antitrust case against Microsoft ignores the underlying facts and is a misguided over-simplification of the complicated nature of the on-line search market.

David Balto: Google Is No Microsoft David Balto 2011

Yes, that might seem like an impossible goal, an abstract, hypothetical statement that is meant to go in one ear and out of the other, soliciting a derisive chuckle or blank stare, or even angrily dismissed as an over-simplification before being placed high on the proverbial shelf with other ridiculous ideas -- but it's not.

Jeffrey Page: Dance Will Save the World Jeffrey Page 2011

Any analogy between a potential antitrust case against Google and the antitrust case against Microsoft ignores the underlying facts and is a misguided over-simplification of the complicated nature of the on-line search market.

David Balto: Google Is No Microsoft David Balto 2011

Any analogy between a potential antitrust case against Google and the antitrust case against Microsoft ignores the underlying facts and is a misguided over-simplification of the complicated nature of the on-line search market.

David Balto: Google Is No Microsoft David Balto 2011

Many erstwhile cold warriors long for the (idealized) clarity of the Cold War, when any "Communist" offshoot was obviously an enemy (itself an over-simplification).

Paul Scham: Why Islamism Can't Be Compared to Communism Paul Scham 2011

In depicting hero reformers saving innocent children from villainous unionists, Guggenheim has told a theatrical story that aims for moral indignation through over-simplification.

Jonathan Gyurko: On Guggenheim's Cutting Room Floor Jonathan Gyurko 2010

Many erstwhile cold warriors long for the (idealized) clarity of the Cold War, when any "Communist" offshoot was obviously an enemy (itself an over-simplification).

Paul Scham: Why Islamism Can't Be Compared to Communism Paul Scham 2011

Yes, that might seem like an impossible goal, an abstract, hypothetical statement that is meant to go in one ear and out of the other, soliciting a derisive chuckle or blank stare, or even angrily dismissed as an over-simplification before being placed high on the proverbial shelf with other ridiculous ideas -- but it's not.

Jeffrey Page: Dance Will Save the World Jeffrey Page 2011