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My comment explicitly didn't speculate on any particular reason, it pointed to language that could easily be politician-grade rhetorical defense. Did you read m
by detcader 12y ago
My comment explicitly didn't speculate on any particular reason, it pointed to language that could easily be politician-grade rhetorical defense. Did you read my whole comment?
People can speculate about the reasons if they can point to relevant historical record. Why not? This man isn't sacred, is he?
- crazypyro 12y ago>So we get a sort of intellectual dishonesty we see regularly from politicians: deep philosophical musings to surround a quick sweep-under-the-rug of the actual issue. You are speculating here that he is pushing the issue under the rug. You also speculated that the reason he was fired was somehow related to the humorous reasons he gave. I think its a bit much....
- detcader 12y agoFor the first thing, I am noting the actual possibility. Whether he is, I don't know, but he in fact could be, and if he were, a lot of people wouldn't catch it unless it was pointed out. I did no such thing as the second thing you're saying I did.
- Dylan16807 12y agoThe way you're calling the sentence a "very important one" is making a really vague accusation. No surprise if people can't tell what you mean, or think your point is a bad one.
- chris_wot 12y agospeculation: the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence. You wrote: For the first thing, I am noting the actual possibility. Whether he is, I don't know, but he in fact could be, and if he were, a lot of people wouldn't catch it unless it was pointed out. You have a theory that he added a paragraph about embezzlement that might be a rhetorical defence, but you have no firm evidence. You're speculating.
- chris_wot 12y agoSo in other words, you speculated that the language used is a rhetorical defence that he was fired for a criminal offence.