23 Apr
2012
23 Apr
'12
4:17 a.m.
On 2012 Apr 22, at 10:11 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 04/22/2012 06:57 PM, Guy Sotomayor wrote:
This is one thing that's quite backwards about our society. "I
saw it
with my own friggin' eyes" is discounted as "not necessarily true or
reliable".
That is just plain fucked up.
No, it's not. People lie, fabricate, embellish and misrepresent.
If you've been on one side of a legal or other matter you may have
found it frustrating not to be believed on your word, but if you've
been on the target end of other people's lies you'll very much
appreciate for their version (an anecdote) NOT being taken as
"necessarily true or reliable".
People - even if sincere - also confuse, conflate, misinterpret and
misunderstand. Even if you really, truly believe you saw it with your
own friggin' eyes, it still may not be an accurate or complete
version of an event.
Not only is this a basic tenet of modern justice systems, it's the
basis of scientific inquiry.
How coome
2 of use here (at least) seem to have contradictory
findings?
Because it's anecdotal. BTW here's the definition:
(of an account) not necessarily true or reliable, because based on
personal accounts rather than facts or research