On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:54:17 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Wildman via Python-list <python-list@python.org> writes: > >> "The seriousness of the charge mandates that we investigate >> this. Even though there is no evidence, the seriousness of >> the charge is what matters." >> --Tom Foley (D) Speaker of the House > > That sounds right to me, provided one reads “there is no evidence” as a > statement about what evidence is present before anyone goes looking for > it (“there is no evidence we are yet aware of”). > > In other words: before any evidence exists and before the investigation > is made, it's a mistake to reach any conclusion about the truth of the > charge.
Spoken like a true progressive. -- <Wildman> GNU/Linux user #557453 The cow died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
