Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
Ray Saintonge wrote:
Whether she is who she says she is is more problematic. What kind of proof are you looking for? Can we ever be sure that anyone who posts with his "real" name is identifying himself truthfully? "Assume good faith" favours keeping the material. If you doubt the good faith, you would do better by trying to contact the person through independant channels.
"Assume good faith" ignores one important fact: people lie.
The general statement that "people lie" is true enough, but the majority don't usually lie. In specific circumstances it would be unjust to begin with the assumption that that person lied.
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