Originally posted by InfX708:
Go back to your elementary English class. A fact is a fact whether true or false. The only criteria is the the manner in which is stated.
Originally posted by BlueSky:
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Originally posted by InfX708:
[b]LA TImes reports he was hanged by followers of Muqtada Sadr. That's an interesting fact.
It's a "fact" because it's reported in the LA Times? I'd say it's interesting...if true.
Having seen what the news channels are showing of the execution, I really didn't see "fear in his face." It was a surprise since people like Saddam are often total cowards at heart. I expected him to flail around, yell about injustice, piss his pants, etc. I wish he had. Instead, he seemed to accept it pretty stoically.
Now he's on his way to hell, and along the way he'll have to face the souls of all he had tortured and killed. Good riddance.[/b]
And you need to go back to a dictionary. You state that "A fact is a fact whether true or false." That's got to be one of the most bizarre things I've ever read. From encarta.com:
fact Definition:
1. something known to be true: something that can be shown to be true, to exist, or to have happened
2. truth or reality of something: the truth or actual existence of something, as opposed to the supposition of something or a belief about something
based on fact
3. piece of information: a piece of information, e.g. a statistic or a statement of the truth
4. law actual course of events: the circumstances of an event or state of affairs, rather than an interpretation of its significance
Matters of fact are issues for a jury, while matters of law are issues for the court.
5. law something based on evidence: something that is based on or concerned with the evidence presented in a legal case
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Would love for you to explain yourself...if you can.
And BTW...it seems to have been true. Saddam supposedly got into with the executioners, who brought up Muqtada Al-Sadr.
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