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Re:I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could by pdonis on Monday April 08, 2019 @12:06AM (#19601963)
> we're being sold a bill of goods by doctors about "peaceful death" because it makes their lives easier to think about, at the cost of giving up earlier on patients

At last, an actual substantive statement. But unfortunately, it's still your opinion.

I have no problem at all with you choosing to fight to the last and continuing to seek treatments right to the end even if you are diagnosed with a terminal illness where all known treatments have slim to no chance of success. But that's your choice, and other people might choose differently. And the problem with accusing people of lying simply because they don't share your opinion and would make a different choice from yours isn't that it's rude (though it is); it's that it's not justified.

Re:I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could by diminoten on Monday April 08, 2019 @11:54AM (#19606339)
So to be clear, you can obviously see when I'm expressing my opinion, but due to semantics of English, you demand I express it in a way that doesn't offend you?

Jesus dude, why the fuck would anyone listen to that level of hubris? What the hell kind of incentives are you giving me here, because right now my only incentive is to laugh at the person who can't actually have a conversation because they're too busy derailing it with semantic arguments about things they did understand, but didn't like how it was presented.

Re:I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could by pdonis on Monday April 08, 2019 @03:01PM (#19608069)
> So to be clear, you can obviously see when I'm expressing my opinion, but due to semantics of English, you demand I express it in a way that doesn't offend you?

It has nothing to do with offending anyone. (Note that I explicitly said that rudeness was not the issue). It has nothing to do with how you presented what you said. It has to do with the substance of what you said--your accusation of lying--being unjustified.

Re:I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could by diminoten on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:07PM (#19608566)
It's not unjustified, and even if it was, a belief can still be true or false.

Again, I urge you to read about epistemological knowledge. Basic philosophy concept that will educate you.

Re:I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could by pdonis on Monday April 08, 2019 @03:06PM (#19608104)
> you can obviously see when I'm expressing my opinion

Yes, exactly, which is why I keep objecting when you express your opinion but then treat it as if it were fact.

Re:I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could by diminoten on Monday April 08, 2019 @07:35PM (#19610219)
I don't care if you object, I'm not going to stop.