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To: higgmeister

Ok. You misunderstand.
1000 people say that 2+2=5.

This is of course, false.
It is however a fact that:
"1000 people say that 2+2=5, although 2+2=4."

Thus, truth/false values are applied like this:

2+2=4 (true)
"1000 people say that 2+2=5" (true)
2+2=5 (false)

Does that clear it up at all?


181 posted on 12/31/2005 10:56:32 PM PST by Tznkai
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To: Tznkai
Ok. You misunderstand.

I didn't misunderstand. Using the words verified fact in
the same statement with an opinion, such as "Lincoln was
Gay", is an intentional equivocation meant to mislead
and deceive.

equivocation

n 1: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth [syn: evasion] 2: intentionally vague or ambiguous
[syn: prevarication, evasiveness] 3: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn: tergiversation

] Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

199 posted on 01/01/2006 8:09:08 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken.)
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