Whose yelling wolf. . . .
Rumors are just that - rumors. They are made from reading the Think Tank and other info and drawing conclusions. Rarely do two people draw the same conclusion, much less the 24,000 + that belong to this forum. You can't blame someone for posting a conclusion (rumor) for it not being fact. Yes the poster is certain of their conclusion and are excited about it. But the poster of the rumor has no control over the iraquis who todate have not met deadlines, postponed things over and over, making the possibiity of the rumor go up in smoke. Had they infact met the deadlines, some of the rumors would have been dead on. Should we watch our verbs - probably. But if I were certain of something based on info I had, I would use very positive words and strong verbs. If I was wrong, I could/would accept that, re-readand go over my info and try to figure out where I went wrong in drawing my conclusion. But I wouldn't stop drawing conclusions or taling about them. We also read into a rumor waht we want to. Done deal may have applied to something that was verified a few days later - not the actual RV. So the reader also has a responsibility - not to read more into the rumor than was posted. JMHO