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Simon Singh’s Bogus Journey

"This organisation is the respectable face of the chiropractic profession and yet it happily promotes bogus treatments." I'm sure the lawyers chased this round in circles, but to my mind, it's obviously *not* an accusation of dishonesty. If I were to say, in an argumentative context - "You're an intelligent man, yet you go round promoting and encouraging the crock of nonsense that is Christianity." - it's clear I'm not accusing the person of not *believing* in his religion, yet there is nothing grammatically or logically unsound about the sentence (so long as you take it as my opinion). The accusation that rings out clearly from that short extract is one of failing to be sufficiently rigorous, to therefore behave responsibly and to deserve the 'respectable' reputation. It does not so far as dishonesty and Eady J has got it wrong.

23-Feb-2010

9:11 pm