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Originally posted by ltl/fb
All seemingly empty space is filled with ether, per Aristotle. Not a lie, but misleading to someone who doesn't know better, since Aristotle is one of those people who is recognized as a good source. So putting that out there in a science discussion would be highly, you know, bad.
Dishonest, though not an outright lie.
I don't want that in a leader.
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dissent. The analogy is off. the fact is, all empty space is not filled with ether and if someone who knows that quotes aristotle then that is close enough to a lie to be equivalent.
With Bush, they thought it might be true. They had some intelligence that indicated it was and then some subsequent intelligence that conflicted with the earlier intelligence. The brits only had one type of intelligence and were a key ally. I think citing their intelligence, when you still believed it might be true (and as far as I am aware it was never absolutely proven that it was not true) is fine.
Again, if it turned out Saddam got the yellow cake and made a bomb and dropped it on SF, Ty would have been howling louder than the most that Bush;s inteligence dropped the ball. And questioning why the brits got it right.
It was a judgement call. No dishonesty.
Next.
