[Wikipedia-l] Re: Enciclopedia Libre

[Rowan Collins]

> On 10/06/05, Lars Aronsson <lars at aronsson.se> wrote:
> > Now that you brought this up, why can't you spell the names out?
> > Innocent people might feel accused and hurt by half-sung songs
> > like this.

On 10/06/05, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> If they're so innocent, why would they be hurt by "half-sung songs"?

Because, as Lars' seemingly unnecessary rebuttal showed, it's
impossible to distinguish between you being mistaken in your facts
about someone and the facts being correct but about someone else. In a
sense, it means no-one can deny your claims, because they don't know
whether you're talking about them or not - they either have to
silently suspect you mean them, or risk giving you ammunition to say
"I wasn't thinking of you, but...".

-- 
Rowan Collins BSc
[IMSoP]