> > I have a problem with the last phrase. We can't avoid mistakes but > > I don't agree that a person has a right to lie. The choice to > > deliberately mislead can be made but it is not a right. > > > > [email protected] > > There is a vast difference between lying and posting incorrect > data--or data about which you and someone else disagree. If I > choose in my tree to decide that evidence proves one thing and you > choose to decide the facts point in a different direction--that > doesn't mean either of us is lying. We are merely interpreting the > evidence as pointing to a different set of facts. > > Joan <[email protected]> But this was the pharse I had trouble with - not what you say above. >"they have the right to be wrong if they choose to be wrong." To me that statement means being deliberately wrong and I disagreed with their right to do that. That may not have been your intent but I don't know your intent. In your response above there is no deliberate attempt to mislead. It is merely a difference of opinion. I find no problem with that as long as some sort of disclaimer is added. Facts stand alone. Interpreting them is theory, not "a different set of facts" as you say. If you measure a child at 2 and he is 3'1" tall, that is a fact. One might say he will grow to 6" and another to 6'2" - that's not "a different set of facts". It's nothiong more than a difference of opinion, both lacking proof. I have 16 facts proving John Sullivan was in Granville Co. NC in the early 1700s. My probable ggggg Grabdfather was named John. If I conclude that the Granville John was my 5g grand that is theory, not a "different set of facts". As an aside, other facts make it a pretty good theory but I add a disclaimer anyhow even though no one has been able to find a flaw in my theory. I trust our only difference is in phraseology. Hugh [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan)