"Catherine Woodgold" wrote in message
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"P. Tierney" ) writes:
It's about putting things in perspective. You can
CYA by stating that you are only speaking the
"truth" when stating risks, and since *anything* is a
risk, you are technically correct. But when one focusing
on one risk to the exclusion of all else, then one is
painting an inaccurate view of reality, to coin a phrase.

Let's just say we disagree. I don't think making
true statements

Technically true only because you've qualified it
well, much like the example someone else gave,
something like "Pakistan might invade us with
nuclear weapons soon" is also technically true.

paints an "inaccurate view of reality".

The evening news is filled with true stories, but the
make a certain statement by what the choose to include,
and moreso, what they choose to exclude. For decades,
people have wrongly thought that the crime rate has been
steadily rising and that it's much higher than it is, and much
of that is related to the fact that news reports crime to a
greater degree, and with greater sensation, than other
stories. Context isn't given (how it relates to the big picture),
but the stories are still completely true. Yet, by focusing
on those stories above all else, an inaccurate view of
reality has been painting, intentionally or not, for those
that watch the news everyday. That what they have
reported on is all true doesn't change that.

That last sentence of mine may be the
only sentence of mine in any of my posts that
you actually disagree with. :-)

There were others, but oh well. Water under
the bridge.


P. Tierney