Actually, you used the word guilty first. I never wrote that he was found guilty in a court of law, did I?
GUILTY
“adjective
culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing.
“he was found guilty of manslaughter”
Opposite:
innocent
justly chargeable with a particular fault or error.
“she was guilty of a serious error of judgment”
conscious of or affected by a feeling of guilt.
“John felt guilty at having deceived the family”
John shouldn’t have felt so bad, he was never convicted, right?
> Actually, you used the word guilty first.
Let us be clear. I merely sought a clarification from you. You responded by confirming that LHO was guilty.
> Yes, he was guilty.
Then you immediately added
> No, he didn’t get a trial. So no conviction.
and thus dug yourself a deeper hole.
> I never wrote that he was found guilty in a court of law, did I?
Look back at what you wrote and (if you want to, i don’t care) tell me what other possible context there could be.
You seem to be blaming me for merely seeking a clarification of what you meant. Then you are drawing a very narrow semantic distinction. Words have meanings. Next, maybe you will be discussing the various usages of the word “is.” LOL.