Why should I retreat to the vagueness of probability when I can logically assert Lincoln's lie to have occurred with certitude?
You can't prove it.
What can be logically deduced is that President Lincoln had no reason to lie, but you did.
Walt
It's too late for that, Walt. I already did. If you dispute that, it is your burden to show why.
I must ask though - did you also shout "you can't fly" at the Wright brothers as their plane buzzed overhead?
What can be logically deduced is that President Lincoln had no reason to lie
If that is so, deduce it. I patiently await the opportunity to scrutinize your deduction. I already speculated at least one possibility of why he lied, therefore violating your assertion that he had no reason to lie, so this should be a fun one to watch!
If that is so, please state what you consider to be a lie and demonstrate it so. Then and only then may you give what you consider to be the reason for doing so, which I also ask that you give in the unlikely event that it becomes appropriate to do so. So there you have it, Walt. You have a lot of work a head of you, so you better get cracking!