USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment

Re:USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment by Talanes on Monday January 04, 2021 @05:20PM (#25639067)

Oh, I definitely agree that those example exist on the fuzzy line, but the question was whether they didn't read to Americans.

The more I think about it, the harder the actual barrier between "pleased" and "convinced" is hard to draw.

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Re:USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment by tsimionescu on Monday January 04, 2021 @05:44PM (#25639318)

It's not that hard to draw it: 'I am satisfied that this man is the one who killed my dog'. Whether you are convinced that this is the man, or whether you are pleased that this particular man killed your dog are clearly different senses.

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Re:USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment by Talanes on Monday January 04, 2021 @11:00PM (#25641916)

But would you not be pleased to be certain who killed your dog? It's not a 1:1 concept mapping, but the conceptual space is close enough that the semantic drift of "satisfied" is completely understandable.

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Re:USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment by a0-prw on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:24AM (#25642432)

I am satisfied that I am satisfied that this is the man who killed my dog ;)

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