On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 2:19 PM, The Cunctator
<cunctator(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Also, you can't FOIA birth certificates.
That's not true as a blanket statement. Conventionally FOIA refers to
the federal open records law, but there are others (under many names,
including FOIA) at the state level in most states. Whether birth
records are included or not varies by state.
Back to People Magazine... First, I did say "no more reliable than
Demi Moore herself." Which isn't contradicted by your assertion that
she was the magazine's source for this bit of information. Second, I'd
take the opposite track on your little decision tree. Which is more
likely?
A) Demi Moore has consistently and correctly reported her own birth
name. One outlet got it wrong, leading to a cascade of re-reporting
in other outlets also getting it wrong
Or
B) Demi Moore from time to time changes her mind about whether to lie
or tell the truth about her own birth name
I pick B.
C. She tried to register to vote and they demanded a copy of her birth
certificate. She had lost her copy, or at least had not looked at it for
many years, or she had to order a copy. When she received it she found
that her actual birthname was Demi.
D. She has never seen her birth certificate, has always used Demi.
Fred