Taral wrote: > On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Elliott Hird > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2008/7/13 Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> A person SHALL NOT make a public statement unless e reasonably >>> believes it is true. >> This is a fundamentally flawed and dangerous idea and should not pass. > > I just think it should be worded the other way: > > A person SHALL not make a public statement e believes to be false.
If a person believes neither, then either e is unsure of the statement's truth value (in which case e ought to disclaimer it) or e hasn't thought about its truth value at all (in which case e ought not to claim it).