Posting a lie, doesn't make it true

mapuc · 09-05-12, 04:02 PM

Several of my friends on Facebook, keeps on posting and reposting a speech that the Australian prime minister Julia Gillard should have made

First time I read the "speech" I was confused. Did a politician really say that, I doubted.

After a few posting on same speech, I started to dig into this story- And I found out that it was not true at all.

So I posted the link to this page that explain that. The answer I got was

-" You page is not truthfully at all "

Here are the famous speech

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/gov...Immigrants.htm

I didn't see the speech for awhile, until today when one of my friends reposted it again.

Markus

Sailor Steve · 09-05-12, 04:32 PM

You need to debunk it there. Show them they are posting a lie.

mapuc · 09-05-12, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

You need to debunk it there. Show them they are posting a lie.

You're right Steve. The problem is that, there are people that are so in hate of other people, religion, politics a.s.o, that they believe everything as long it confirm their hatred.

I have decided to just leave it there. Next time I see someone post that speech I do nothing.

Many of them are my friends, but I do not share all of their believes.

Markus

Sailor Steve · 09-05-12, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

The problem is that, there are people that are so in hate of other people, religion, politics a.s.o, that they believe everything as long it confirm their hatred.

Sounds just like some of the threads we see here. The big difference here is that we don't put up with it.

Takeda Shingen · 09-05-12, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Sounds just like some of the threads we see here. The big difference here is that we don't put up with it.

Exactly. I see it as the duty of the community to wage war against ignorance.

razark · 09-05-12, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Exactly. I see it as the duty of the community to wage war against ignorance.

Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever.

Herr-Berbunch · 09-05-12, 04:33 PM

I remember reading that about John Howard, don't know if that was true either but it should be.

09-05-12, 04:02 PM	#1
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,553 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Posting a lie, doesn't make it true Several of my friends on Facebook, keeps on posting and reposting a speech that the Australian prime minister Julia Gillard should have made First time I read the "speech" I was confused. Did a politician really say that, I doubted. After a few posting on same speech, I started to dig into this story- And I found out that it was not true at all. So I posted the link to this page that explain that. The answer I got was -" You page is not truthfully at all " Here are the famous speech http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/gov...Immigrants.htm I didn't see the speech for awhile, until today when one of my friends reposted it again. Markus

09-05-12, 04:32 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	You need to debunk it there. Show them they are posting a lie. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-05-12, 04:33 PM	#7
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	I remember reading that about John Howard, don't know if that was true either but it should be. __________________