Re: DID BILL MAKE IT UP CLASH - WE HAVE THE TRUTH

Mike Thomas <mike7thomas3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:18:12 +0000, usenet wrote:
>
> > Pardon? Firstly that wasn't the bit I was commenting on, and secondly
> > I don't really understand what it's saying. How can you write about
> > someone while preserving their anonymity?
> >
> > If I write a story with fictional characters and street names in it
> > then, to my mind, it's a fictional story. Maybe we're playing with
> > semantics here anyway.
>
> It's not fiction if it's true apart from the names. That's what
> preserving anonymity means. Duh.
>
Well that may be your opinion but it's certainly not mine. There's a
whole spectrum between 'absolutely true' and 'total fiction'. What
the paragraph I was commenting on suggests to me is that we're somewhere
in the middle of that line and that exactly where we are is obviously
open to discussion (otherwise we wouldn't be discussing it).

What does "Duh." mean?

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Chris Green

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