Re: Saddam Hussein: A Trial of Error?

quoth Andreas Pour:

| Actually I would very much like to do that, at least to test the
| following theory which has growing evidence:  the guy is not in fact
| Saddam Hussein. Wouldn't the most fundamental error be, if the wrong
| person is being tried?

that would certainly be an error, if it were true. however, there is 
substantially more evidence that the fellow is saddam hussein than 
there is that you are andreas pour. indeed, it is possible to assemble 
evidence, at least as convincing as that which you offer in re. saddam, 
which demonstrates that you are not andreas pour, even if you believe 
yourself so to be. i mean, the gummint is spending all those tax 
dollars in an attempt to fool you -- i know, you're too smart to be 
tricked by that kind of stuff -- so they would clearly need to go a 
little farther and convince someone else that that someone else is you, 
while you've been taken away and secretly executed.

so, yes, it's possible that you are who you claim to be, but it is also 
possible that you are not and that you are indeed dead and that 
somebody else is pretending to be you.
 
which might be useful if you are seeking to produce a usable atmosphere 
on mars.
-- 
dep

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