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To: E who wrote (23257)	8/20/2001 1:37:09 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) of 82486

Either you know the difference between a quote and characterizations-based-on-conclusions-drawn or you don't... Well, E, this is actually a more complex question than you think it is. In historical novels, authors who are striving for historical accuracy quite often put direct quotes into the mouths of their characters, knowing that the characters almost certainy never said those exact words, but believing that the quotes were accurate representations of their beliefs and opinions and are very much things the might have said if the circumstances were right. Even journalists today sometimes "clean up" quotations from their sources and put words into peoples' mouths that they never said, but that accurately reflect what the journalist thought they were saying. Are these dishonest? Should every hisorical novel which puts any words into a historical character's mouth which he or she isn't known to have uttered be condemned for abuse or dishonesty? And ditto every such journalist?

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