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This is a normal post No, I'm not assuming everything I'm told is a fact
You've made that assumption without evidence, see how easy it is to do? I kind of made that point in my reply.
I'm just stating that you jumped from a linked article from the Mail which quotes 'proposed' legislation to a statement which implied that this was bona fide fact - when the evidence at hand suggests that it has yet to be determined - hence the very careful use of the words in the mail article of 'proposed', 'could' and other terms which suggest what 'may' happen should it come in.
it's the use of language, arbitrarily throwing out the words 'truth' and 'fact' when they are used based upon speculation that really gets on my goat. It doesn't help the opposers cause either.
(, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:45, Reply)
This is a normal post I omitted the fact that I've read about this 'PROPOSED' database over a year ago.
Much like alot of things I whack on /links, they've been a long time coming.

I'm not making giant leaps here based on a Daily Fail article.
(, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:48, Reply)
This is a normal post Well this we didn't know, y'see
when all you give us is a Daily Fail article and start quoting it as fact - in contradiction to what the article actually says - without the back up, it gives the impression of being a bit 'scare-mongering' if you catch my drift.
(, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Oh I understand completely.
I often assume that maybe there's a small number of people who have been following all this stuff over the last few years.
(, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:53, Reply)
This is a normal post If some of the opposers to Goverments didn't arbitrarily throw around words like 'truth' and 'fact'
with little to no evidence in many, many. many internet articles and arguments, I'm sure there would be more than a small number of people. :D
I'm quite open to a lot of this collective 'stuff' (for want of a better word) but I like to break it down using rational explantion, and actually seeing evidence to back up the words 'truth' and 'fact' when used.

It's a bugbear of mine (bordering on OCD) on the mis-use of the word 'truth' on the internet these days. It's often just an opinion, based upon other internet information.
(, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:57, Reply)
This is a normal post Oh, I get what you're saying.
You shouldn't believe ANYTHING without facts and evidence.

Sometimes this evidence has come cumulatively, so trying to proof something to someone who doesn't have that cumulative knowledge is near impossible.

Semantics? I'd like some antics.
:D

Laters.
(, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:03, Reply)