Posted: September 01, 2000 at 13:38:47: by Silver
: : : "...it seems to me that the essence of lying is the intention of deceiving. If you give a promise, fully intending to fulfill it, you are certainly acting truthfully then; and if you afterwards break it, that does not involve any deception. I cannot call it untruthful."
: : : Lewis Carroll, Sylvie and Bruno Concluded: : Do you believe there was never any intent to deceive this board and the Save Summerlee campaign? : Good question. Karens' reminding us to try to give the benefit of the doubt. The guy who originally posted stuff about S's return probably believed he was being truthful. Whether you accept that or not, is up to you. But one can't jump to conclusions without being in possession of the facts and we'll never know those. Accumulated statements give the lie to the original post. As you may recall, it was not a 'maybe' or 'we hope' but a declaration of supposed fact. One can only give the benefit of the doubt for so long before one must become convinced someone's playing you for a fool.
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