I do appreciate the openmindedness . And I agree, though I guess I am looking at this from the point of view of the wife. But the checklists are not unreliable :P it's just that when I give the scholarly version, you say that's not what I am asking, and when the I go the the general audience checklists, Larry says this is not a peer-reviewed journal :P
So. We are left with the fact that my opinion hasn't changed, and neither has yours :) I am glad that you don't have any stake in my opinion. I guess I am like you in that I'll change it when I think the facts support a change. Dana On 4/17/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > have said is an opinion and I really don't know why it bothers you so > > much :) > > Can I convince someone of this who really seems to have some sort of > > stake in believing otherwise? Probably not. > > > > Apologies - I didn't realize that you'd retracted your statement about > Mr. Schiavo fitting a profile. As to what I think about his guilt: > > I don't know and I have no stake in it either way except to ensure > that when somebody is accused of something that there's actual > evidence to support the claim. That evidence shouldn't be things that > can be explained by 100s of other causes. For example, the bone > fractures seem meaningless by themselves. > > Everyone has a right to their opinion of course, but I think we need > to be very careful when we make accusations; especially when they're > as serious as spousal abuse, child abuse, or really anything that > could harm someone's character such that they could have trouble > finding work or just living. > > I guess I want to be a dissenting voice because if the media and > populace were attacking me, I'd want someone to stick up for the > benefit of the doubt (because I'd know I'm not guilty). > > I agree with looking at the totality of the evidence and to > speculating about what it suggests, but if there's no probabilistic > profile that we know for a fact he fits, then I don't think we should > say so - that's hanging the accused before the trial and everybody > should be against that. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase RoboHelp from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=59 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:154299 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
