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Kevin Goff has been (unfairly?) Banned - Week Two
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14/01/2009 12:33:02
 
 
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Politics
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>>>>>Facts != Truth
>>>>
>>>>Hmm. So something can be a fact but not true?
>>>
>>>A set of facts, each individually true, may not sum up to the "truth".
>>
>>Can you give an example ?
>
>Fact: Israel has been bombing the Gaza
>Fact: Those bombs have killed children
>
>What's the truth: Israel is a country of monsters who bomb the Gaza in order to kill children?
>
>Unless you have all the facts (and whoever does?), the facts you have don't necessarily add up to 'truth'.

This reminds me of the logic best described by the Norwegian-born Danish playwright Ludvig Holberg 1684-1752 in his play Erasmus Montanus: “Little mother cannot fly. A stone cannot fly, thus Little Mother is a stone.”
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