"Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com writes:
Please try to understand the difference between objective fact and neutrality. For example, that North Korea, Cuba, and the Soviet Union were ruled by murderous tyrants is IMHO a "fact". Incredible as it may seem, there are some contributors who dispute this fact. So, we are forced by *our own policy* to step back from asserting "the truth" and humbly stating that "According to sources X, Y and Z these lands were ruled, etc."
No. That they have killed xy-thousand people may be a fact. That they have suppressed political opposition by censure etc. may be a fact. That they were "murderous tyrants" is a moral judgement.
greetings, elian my obedit for this post: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikomachische_Ethik