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My point is that the idea that you can't deny reality is false. Governments do it all the time, very successfully, for long periods of time. If the argument is
by darawk 8y ago
My point is that the idea that you can't deny reality is false. Governments do it all the time, very successfully, for long periods of time. If the argument is "Western, liberal democracies cannot deny reality for an extended period of time", you're probably closer to making a correct statement, but still false. See: Gulf of Tonkin, Lusitania. You might say "But we know the truth of those incidents!", but of course, I can only cite examples for which we now know the truth. The ones for which we do not are, by definition, uncitable.
- mirimir 8y agoOK, sure. But France can't prevent DNA testing. And I wonder, what is it such an issue in France? I wonder if rates of misattributed paternity are higher there.
- darawk 8y agoI'm not sure. Seems like a cultural quirk. The French are somewhat infamously adulterous. So much so that Francois Hollande had a mistress that was super well known and didn't negatively impact him at all. So ya, maybe misattributed paternity is pretty common there.