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

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:21:27 +0000, hummingbird
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typed:
>On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:37:34 +0100, abelard <abelard2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> mysteriously appeared thru the usenet mist to inform us thus...
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>>On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:36:52 +0000, hummingbird
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>> 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.

good to see you admit your lie buzzy....

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