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Re:Mozilla, Tor Join Calls to Oust Richard Stallman from Fre... by shock on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @10:13PM (#26575816)
Testimony happens in a court of law not on Twitter. Show us the testimony.
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Re:Mozilla, Tor Join Calls to Oust Richard Stallman from Fre... by pseudalopex on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @10:17PM (#26575830)
Legal testimony happens in a court of law. Testimony can happen anywhere. Religious testimony for instance. Or testimonial advertising.
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Re:Mozilla, Tor Join Calls to Oust Richard Stallman from Fre... by shock on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @10:22PM (#26575859)
To which kind of testimony were you referring in your GP comment?
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Re:Mozilla, Tor Join Calls to Oust Richard Stallman from Fre... by pseudalopex on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @10:43PM (#26575974)
"firsthand authentication of a fact" or "open acknowledgment".[1]

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/testimony

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Re:Mozilla, Tor Join Calls to Oust Richard Stallman from Fre... by effingwewt on Thursday March 25, 2021 @01:21AM (#26576830)
Lol, thus you are saying testifying in church is 'evidence'.

Gotta love the mental gymnastics on HN sometimes.

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Re:Mozilla, Tor Join Calls to Oust Richard Stallman from Fre... by pseudalopex on Thursday March 25, 2021 @09:03AM (#26579702)
Anecdotal evidence is evidence. Maybe you're thinking of proof.
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