Re: help please: what is the difference between an 'untruth' and a 'lie'?

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:37:34 +0100, abelard <abelard2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
mysteriously appeared thru the usenet mist to inform us thus...

>On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:36:52 +0000, hummingbird
><ZYLYDWINUSED@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> typed:
>>On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:38:56 +0100, abelard <abelard2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> mysteriously appeared thru the usenet mist to inform us thus...
>>
>>>On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:19:57 -0000, "TD" <tdefries@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> typed:
>>>>Genuine question.
>>>
>>>this is damned complicated.....
>>>the nearest crude response is that a lie is a deliberate untruth and an
>>> untruth is just a stt that is false to reality....
>>>
>>>you can never actually prove deliberation in lying...
>>
>>You can prove it 'as near as damn it'. EG Mr Blair's claim that
>>Saddam could launch missiles at Britain within 45 minutes
>
>that wasn't even the claim made....

Liar. Blair never specified *where* when he made the claim. IIRC he
used the term *British interests* or Britain (or something similar).
Either way his intent was to scare the pants off us.

Thus my above comments are a good example of the point I was making
(that you are not right) -- which I notice you have completely failed
to answer. And you've deleted the other example I gave - no answer eh?
Must be time for you to throw abuse -- ooh you've already done that.
tch tch.

[rest binned unread]

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