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To: zonder who wrote (16048)	3/22/2005 8:43:21 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

If we are going to go there, I don't "know for a fact" that that we are all made up of small bits called atoms. It could all be hearsay. The old version was that we could be butterflies dreaming all of this up. "I don't know for a fact" goes well beyond what a jury is required to have to convict: "Beyond a reasonable doubt." But it's a tactic and a fairly successful one. All you have to do, is consistently stick to your claim. We aren't inclined as humans to easily accept that what we do is criminal or immoral. Since we don't know for a fact, it makes it quite easy to accept. On the other hand, if we don't like you, we readily accept any rumour or innuendo without the slighest bit of proof. How often has Europe been sucked into that one? The US claimed that Iraq had WMD and a nuclear weapons programs, with nothing other than the word of defectors. Then we sucked in western Europe with the claim that Iran has a nuclear weapons program, with no better quality of intelligence than we had for Iraq. We went further in claiming that North Korea sold enriched uranium to Libya. When in fact we knew that it was Pakistan and there was no intelligence that North Korea was even aware of the sale/transfer. When is Europe going to stand up to Bush and say "We've had enough of your lies."? jttmab