Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] is it possible to define "a lie"?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> Mike Miller wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>
> > > But also, now that I have seen the evidence of sexual harassment, I 
> > > can now see why you didn't present this as your prime evidence.  It 
> > > really is of the same quality as the other pieces of evidence. 
> > > Although if it could be independently verified, I agree that it would 
> > > be totally huge.
> >
> >
> > Now that she has been paid off, it's over.
>
> Unfortunately in our overly-letigous society, settling out of court is 
> extremely common.  It doesn't imply guilt (either legally nor in 
> reality) either way.

So you think O'Reilly will pay out more than $2 million to anyone who 
makes up a story about him?  That seems pretty unlikely to me.


> > But again, this was never of imoprtance.  It doesn't matter if the 
> > President lies about who he has sex with.  In the larger scheme, that 
> > is a very small issue in a Presidency.  The President has vast powers 
> > and important work to do.  Who cares who he has sex with?!
>
> The question under our consideration was "did Clinton tell a big lie" - 
> not "was this relevant to his ability to be President."  Try to stay 
> logically focused.

Sorry, I was accidentally getting into something that really mattered.

Mike

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