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

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Spurling, Shannon wrote:
> ...
>
> > 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.
>
> ...
> He was going to fight it to the end. His legal counsel persuaded him to
> settle, and he didn't like it. The settlement was also for a lot less
> than originally requested. IIRC.
> If he were really like that, I am surprised that more people didn't come
> forward. It was a really strange situation from the start.

Furthermore, Mike, while your question makes sense, it really isn't 
beyond the realm of possibility that it has a reasonable answer.  But 
you ask it in a manner "of course no reasonable explanation exists," but 
then what is worse, when someone does provide a reasonable explanation, 
you accuse that person of a hidden agenda.

It would be better if you first asked the question, then allowed someone 
to provide a reasonable explanation, and then the proper response on 
your part is to provide a logically stated and calm counter-argument as 
to why the reasonable explanation might not hold up.  That way you have 
a proper and reasoned conversation, and perhaps even some hope of coming 
to a consensus.

Stephen

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