[AnotherUnixGeek]

What you're doing is making a statement of fact about something you couldn't possibly know as fact. Not possibly.

And yet you say it as if its true.

That's because it is true. Prove me wrong. Bring out all the evidence you have that John Roberts is being blackmailed. There is none that isn't laughable. Why is it so hard to believe the John Roberts is a coward and an establishment squish?

[bagster]

That's because it is true. Prove me wrong. Bring out all the evidence you have that John Roberts is being blackmailed. There is none that isn't laughable. Why is it so hard to believe the John Roberts is a coward and an establishment squish?

Oh sorry, missed this. Complicated business.

No, I don't have to prove you wrong. I just have to simply state that you DON'T KNOW whether he's being coerced or not. You can't POSSIBLY know. And guess what? I don't know for sure one way or the other either.

So for you to say he's NOT being coerced when you can't possibly know the truth of it is...well, you do the math.

Honest thinking and dialogue are important in the course of human endeavor.

Don't ya think?

You would do well to consider this conversation between you and I and apply it in your day-to-day thought processes when discussing events, so as not to appear to be a sloppy thinker or ignorant.