"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

People are entitled to their opinions, but they aren't entitled to state
them as facts. If you want to say, "I think Bush lied about WMD", that's
fine. If you want to say, "Bush lied about WMD", expect to be challenged.

They are opinions, dude. That's the assumption in a casual conversation.
No one's writing a book, here. If someone says "for a fact" or "I know
for sure", then you've got a point. Otherwise, lighten up.

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