[drcy]

Okay then. If a composite photo has an equal number of type I images of individual players and an equal number type III images of players in it, it it a Type I photo or a Type III photo? Or is it neither? Or both? Or both and neither simultaneously? Or is it half and half? Or is the very question of 'which one or the other is it?' fruitless and silly, because it doesn't have to be 'wholly one of the other'?

There is no one correct answer to the above photo. Someone could just as easily and logically name it a Type I as they could a Type III. They'd both be equality right and equally wrong. And one could reasonably say "It's sort of both and neither or an average of the two at the same time. Because part of it is Type I, which means that part is not type III, and part of it's Type III (which means that part of isn't Type I). As you can see it's not entirely one or the other."

The very asking of "What type of photo is it, Type I or Type III" implies that it has to be one or the other. The question itself is bad and shallow.

PERSON A: "Is a ball hollow or is it rubber?"
PERSON B: "Why does it have to be one or the other? Why can't it be both simultaneously? Or why can't it be part hollow and part rubber simultaneously? Or why can't it be neither, such as with a solid plastic ball?"
PERSON A: "That's nonsense. A ball can only be rubber or hollow."
PERSON B: "Why can't the ball be made out of solid metal? Why can't a ball the made out of solid leather? What about a ball of yarn? Why can't a solid ball be made one third out of plastic, one third out of leather and one third out of metal?"
PERSON A: "Now, you're really talking nonsense."

In many cases, the very notion that something has to only one thing or the other is nonsensical and shows a lack of intellect. Yes, that a ball has to be EITHER rubber OR hollow is nonsensical. I used it as an obviously silly and nonsensical example. But it is also nonsensical that the above photo that has to be EITHER Type I or Type III. In parts it's like Type I and in parts its like Type III. It's silly that it has to be labelled as wholly one or the other.

As my dad would often say to me when I asked him 'Is it A or B?' questions, "That's not an either/or question." Meaning A and B weren't mutually exclusive. The answer could be both and the answer could be neither.

My dad wouldn't give you an answer unless you phrased the question logically. He'd often say "That's a non-question."