If he *believed* it, and he had no intent to deceive, then it was NOT A LIE. Lying = intent to deceive. It may have been a false statement, stupid, naive, or any number of other things, but not a lie.
Yes, that's what I think, but I didn't want to say all that - so much to write But you're right to call me on my use of "lie" in that context: it's not the right word.
Glad to see you got my point about hockey. It's hugely violent, thuggish - allows fans to subliminate all their inner violent tendencies and hostilities. It's all out there on the ice - and then they go home and do no harm. Think the same thing probably holds true for soccer, football etc.
But I can only guess about what is going with the fans of beach volleyball.
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Is this the flap about the Obama staffer telling some Canadian official not to pay attention to Obama's public villifying of NAFTA, 'cause he didn't really mean it?
But you're right to call me on my use of "lie" in that context: it's not the right word.
