[net.kids] fact and opinion on whooping cough

colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (02/26/86)

> >Because more people are not vaccinating their kids whooping cough is on the 
> >rise in many states.
> >
> >Avinash Marathe
> 
> Lets not make statements that sound like FACTS when they are not.
> It may be a fact that whooping cough is on the rise in some states,
> I do not know.  However it certainly is not a fact that it is caused
> by any one particular thing.  That is an opinion.  So lets all make
> sure we preface opinions with something like:
> Many doctors believe that the cause of whooping cough being on the rise
> in some states is that more people are not vaccinating their kids.
>  - Bill Cambre

Now, why bring doctors into it?  The original poster was just stating
a personal belief.  At least, I think so.  Or rather, it is my opinion
that I think so.  I mean, I believe that it is my opinion that I think
so.  Help!  Why can't I seem to express any FACTS?

	"Two monks were sitting by a pond.  The first one said,
	   `How happy that fish is!'
	 `You are not that fish,' retorted the second.  `You do not
	    know whether that fish is happy.'
	 The first monk replied, `You are not me.  You do not know
	    whether I know that the fish is happy.'"
	 The second monk started to say something, but thought better
	    of it.
				--Reader's Digest Treasury of Monk Jokes
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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