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On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Spurling, Shannon wrote:
Again, you are missing the point, which I have made again and again. It
is not that I necessarily disbelieve the assertions, but also asking
the question - what does this evidence really show. Also, I have said
several times that the photograph of the voter registration card is
actually not half bad evidence, certainly the best yet.
...
I think this is where we have a good point of how a reasonable argument
should proceed. You have good evidence that shows he was registered
Republican at a certain date and time. You cannot guess his motives
based solely on this. You have to then have him explain him self. You
can then evaluate this on the basis of his response.
How completely irrelevant is that? The point is not what he was thinking
when he registered as a Republican. The point is that during ensuing
years he said repeatedly that he was not registered as a Republican but as
an independent. The point is: What was he thinking when he made that
false claim? If he was thinking "I know this isn't true but I will say it
anyway" then he clearly was lying.
We don't know what he was thinking. Still, this usually isn't a valid
excuse. For example, if I were director of the FDA and someone said they
were concerned that I had a conflict of interest because I owned stock in
a pharmaceutical company, and I said that I owned no such stock when I
really did own it, would I be lying? Then suppose someone proved that I
did own stock, contrary to my earlier claim, and I then said "I have no
idea how that happened -- I really thought I did not own that stock."
What would you think of that? Well, if you are consistent, you would
defend me and suggest that it was probably just an innocent mistake.
The world cannot function if we're going to allow people to shirk
responsibility so easily. That is a very bad precedent.
Mike
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