the-pi-guy said:
NightlyPoe said:
Look, the difference between saying someone said something didn't happen and that they don't remember can amount to the same thing when speaking. This is indeed a pure argument of semantics.
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No it isn't. For a judge especially, there's a major difference.
What'd you have for lunch a year ago? Must not have happened, if you can't remember.
For people of the law, it's an important distinction. Not remembering can mean it did or didn't happen and it's still on the table as a possibility. Saying it didn't happen, means it didn't happen. Saying "something didn't happen" refutes the event. Saying they have no memory of the event, does not.
NightlyPoe said:
I'm focusing on what he likely was thinking when he said it. He probably wasn't thinking "Well, me and my buddies had beers together without her, that's probably close enough". He was thinking of the differences.
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Well that doesn't make any sense, but okay.
Usually when you ask me if I've done "something like X", I think categorically, not specifically.
If you ask me, have I been to K-Mart? I might say "no, but I've been to similar stores like Wal-mart"
But you might answer, "no i've never been to a similar store, I only go to Wal-mart." Because you say that makes more sense to you.
You like to give him the benefit of the doubt and blame her.
I don't want to give either of them the benefit of the doubt.
NightlyPoe said:
Just because Democrats call a person moderate in talking her up, doesn't make it true and doesn't mean that they were actually worried about her joining the O'Connor and Kennedy.
Really, all you've proven is media bias with that. Same with Garland, just going with the moderate label even though it is inaccurate.
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I don't even care about this anymore.
All this democrats vs republican arguments disgusts me.
thismeintiel said:
Yea, no. You can't claim that you are so afraid of flying that you have to delay an extremely important hearing, and have to drive in, then actually get there by flight, anyway. And in your past you have flown dozens of times. And not just for work, but for leisure, as well. Someone who was as terrified of flying as she presented herself would not make flying a normal part of their hobby. If they actually wanted to pursue it and get all the things she, or her lawyers, scrubbed from her Facebook, I would bet anything that you would be more likely to see posts of her saying she was looking forward to flying to X than her talking about dreading the flight.
But, if you want to go with what is already been proven beyond a doubt, there is the door.
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Yeah you can. People can be brave and do things they are afraid to do.
I'm incredibly afraid of public speaking, and if you asked me, I'd almost rather die than speak in public. Yet I've managed to do so many times.
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