Charming Laura, thanks again for your input.
I'm not going to let you get away with doing one thing, yet calling it another.
As per Dictionary.com a lie (noun) is defined as:
1. a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood
2. something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture
3. an inaccurate or false statement.
4. the charge or accusation of lying
I apologized for making a false statement. That covers definition #3 and definition #4 does not apply. I also note that general usage is to use the first definitions of words.
It is only fair that you adhere to these standards yourself.
This would be why I apologized. I don't need others to hold me to the standards I expect.
If you want to split hairs and say you didn't post a lie, only a "falsehood",
Now if you are going to use definition #3 to say I lied, then it is
not - by definition - splitting hairs to say it is a falsehood, as that is what definition #3 says. However now you seem to move to the other definitions and imply intent. That is known as equivocation, a logical fallacy.
To use any other definition you are going to have to prove intent, or YOU are engaging in falsehood. Good luck with that.
The discovery of hypocrisy is an opportunity for the eradication of self-deception.
And I will now take note of when you take other posters to task for their behavior.
Such as Russ' continued false portrayal of evolution. Is there some valid reason not to use the definition used in teaching the science?
You will note that it does not match a single one of these definitions:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/evolutionev·o·lu·tion –noun
1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
2. a product of such development; something evolved: The exploration of space is the evolution of decades of research.
3. Biology. change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.
4. a process of gradual, peaceful, progressive change or development, as in social or economic structure or institutions.
5. a motion incomplete in itself, but combining with coordinated motions to produce a single action, as in a machine.
6. a pattern formed by or as if by a series of movements: the evolutions of a figure skater.
7. an evolving or giving off of gas, heat, etc.
8. Mathematics. the extraction of a root from a quantity. Compare involution (def. 8).
9. a movement or one of a series of movements of troops, ships, etc., as for disposition in order of battle or in line on parade.
10. any similar movement, esp. in close order drill.
You will also note that definition #3 (your favorite?) is the
biological definition that applies to biological science.
Do we understand each other now?
Enjoy.
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