Our statement on the results of the Jacob Appelbaum investigation

Re:Our statement on the results of the Jacob Appelbaum inves... by metaphorm on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @02:28PM (#12175345)

you're making a semantics of language argument? really?

you said "it was his actions". this asserts that you know, positively, what his actions were. do you really? I said you should not act like you are the judge or jury because I find it highly unlikely that you really know the facts of the case. I don't think anyone really knows the facts of the case, and we never will, because there won't be a fair trial.

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Re:Our statement on the results of the Jacob Appelbaum inves... by jubalfh on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @04:34PM (#12176296)

Consider: “officer Batman shot metaphorm dead” vs. “officer Batman's weapon discharged killing metaphorm”.

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Re:Our statement on the results of the Jacob Appelbaum inves... by avs733 on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @04:29PM (#12176261)

yes really.

It is not simply 'semantics', there is a research basis to suggest that these semantics are used in specific ways in specific situations that bring into question the intentionalality and choice behind them.

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Re:Our statement on the results of the Jacob Appelbaum inves... by metaphorm on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @04:37PM (#12176326)

but do you know, really, what his actions were?

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