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To: jimbo123

Oh, and the reviews are starting to come in (at least on Amazon.com)....


47 posted on 11/08/2005 2:13:43 PM PST by steve-b (A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
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To: steve-b
A droll selection from one of the early Amazon.com reviews:
...Whatever her motive, Mapes's arguments about the authenticity of the "Killian" documents are candidates for the "trilemma" challenge made famous by C.S. Lewis. So here it is (with apologies to Clive):

1. Lord: Mapes is the presenter of factual documents, and thus spoke the truth.
2. Liar: Mapes knew the documents were fakes, but she said they were real anyway.
3. Lunatic: Mapes presented fake documents, but she mistakenly believes they are real.

Mapes claims in "Truth and Duty" that she is neither liar nor ideologue, and since everyone on the whole planet, except for Mapes, believes the "Killian" documents were produced on Microsoft Word default settings, Mapes's trilemma case ends in choice three: "Truth and Duty" therefore, is a work comparable to a Looney Tunes romp.

"Lun*a*tic:: Function: noun. Etymology: Latin. 1: Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager."

Well, let's forgive this lapse then, the woman believes in fairy stories and moonmaids and has never heard of William of Ockham. So how good is "Truth and Duty" on other merits? (other than belly laughs, we mean)....


51 posted on 11/08/2005 2:20:10 PM PST by steve-b (A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
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