Message from @William Dinan
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I feel like there are cases "where your freedom ends where my rights begin".
@Maw. You assigned the percentage.
I assigned it to truthfulness.
> I feel like there are cases "where your freedom ends where my rights begin".
@Maw Bingo.
@Maw truthfulness and accuracy are two very different things.
Last I recall we don't call things 'half-liberties'.
But we certainly call things half-truths.
Swing your arms all you like. Graze my nose and there could be a problem, depending on how I feel about it.
@Maw what is a Half Truth. Is it something like a "But" Statement?
Misleading statement with some sort of truth to it.
@Maw misleading would imply deception. Which is a Lie?
Which is why it's considered a half-truth, yes.
@Maw okay... A Half Lie?
Half truth. Potato-potahto.
@William Dinan Sometimes, for sure.
@Zuluzeit I was trying to figure out how to type that exact thing 🤓
Sometimes?.... What is the other half than?
Thinking in absolutes is 40% ridiculous.
:D
@Chrystal💗 lol I worked out the phonetics a while back, after years of potato-potato missing its mark.
Half truths don't mean 50-50.
Stop thinking in absolutes.
Language is rarely this literal.
Only the Sith deals in absolutes.
This is next-level pedantry.
@Maw, you just advanced to level 29!
Lmao.
Hahaha
@Maw I'm not making the claim. You choose the word Half. Explain how it doesn't mean Half or 50%?
@William Dinan Language is rarely meant to be interpreted completely literally.
Hence, phenomena such as half truths.
Some politicians are successful precisely because of that.
Some.
Lol
@Maw I am unable to hear tone, volume or observe Body language in a Text Chat. Other than that I would agree. I can only observe the written Word!
'He was joking.' 'It's just how he talks.' 'It was locker room talk.'
You get the idea.
@William Dinan If that were not a half-truth, then Zulu would look like a really weird, fringe republican most of the time.
I can generally determine when he's being sarcastic versus when he's not.