09-17-2009, 01:17 AM
billb wrote:
hearsay and out of context quotes changes my mind
we should allow it in court, too.
From the dictionary:
hearsay: "1. unverified, unofficial information gained or acquired from another and not part of one's direct knowledge"
What the speechwriter wrote in the article wasn't hearsay because it was what he, himself saw and heard - it was a report of his direct knowledge. I gave a link to the whole article from which I pulled the quote in the OP. In what way was this "out of context"? And last, "court"? Now there's something that is a totally different context from what we usually use to assess quality of governance.