Re: Grandma's poodle and next door's cat.
Bill Burnett (bbur@wpo.nerc.ac.uk)
Fri, 20 Oct 1995 17:10:55
In article <4687s3$kcv@scotsman.ed.ac.uk> jamesb@hgu.mrc.ac.uk writes:
>To ignore anecdotal evidence you must first give some reasons for believing the
>anecdotes are
>false. Yes, I'm calling your next-door neighbour a liar. You are implying that
>Dessmond Morris is
>a liar for he says that man is the only weeping terrestrial animal known in
>"Bodywatching".
No, I am merely suggesting he might be wrong.
I would never dream of calling anyone a liar without some evidence.
You, apparently, don't share my reluctance.
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