Posted: Oct 20, 2011 11:15 am
Just a thought...
It strikes me as ironic, at a minimum, regards the lengths people will go to to support hearsay in some circumstances and reject it in others. Take this issue, for instance, where the vast majority of people here believe that Hitler died in Berlin - all grounded within the hearsay of a few people. On the other hand, the vast majority of the people here utterly reject the hearsay associated with the life and death of Jesus. Hearsay, then, appears to be good enough when you want it to be good enough. I can certainly understand that sentiment here - after all, most people would be horrified to know that Hitler might have been living it up for the best part of 20 years, after the war, instead of being hung by his balls (ball?) and left to rot.
The problem is that sentiment has very little to do with fact. Certainly, sentiment shouldn't dictate what facts are.
It strikes me as ironic, at a minimum, regards the lengths people will go to to support hearsay in some circumstances and reject it in others. Take this issue, for instance, where the vast majority of people here believe that Hitler died in Berlin - all grounded within the hearsay of a few people. On the other hand, the vast majority of the people here utterly reject the hearsay associated with the life and death of Jesus. Hearsay, then, appears to be good enough when you want it to be good enough. I can certainly understand that sentiment here - after all, most people would be horrified to know that Hitler might have been living it up for the best part of 20 years, after the war, instead of being hung by his balls (ball?) and left to rot.
The problem is that sentiment has very little to do with fact. Certainly, sentiment shouldn't dictate what facts are.