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Originally Posted by ss_stealth
But if they're "alleged" "facts" then is there really a case for what Madeline might claim as being slanderous or defamatory?
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Thus the reasoning behind my use of terms such as "alleged" and "possible".
One is claiming something to be factual, while the other may desire to rebut the statement. In either case, there is/are multitudinous possibilities in life, but to prove any of them to be a fact (other than the maxim 'there is only one pragmatic absolute in life; that being - everyone will live until they die; anything claimed thereafter, is a matter of opinion/perspective/speculation) would be to either of the two parties of the dispute. Until such time, it is sheer speculation.
"The whole system is based upon a 'presumption' that something was represented to have occurred which may or may not have occurred in the manner which has been represented."
My claims were based upon a 'speculation', which is made apparent in the use of the word 'possibilities'. I neither claimed that the 'facts' were true or un-true. thus the reason for the use of the word "alleged". I have no personal first hand knowledge of the truth of either side of the scenario, as I do not know the "facts", but can only speculate.
Jerry