[ExI] What should survive and why?

[Heartland]

Lee:
> One needs to phrase "I-now" and "I-before" much much more carefully
> to avoid misunderstanding. I can see why John got upset at that
> phrase. But if you had written instead, "Just because an entity legally known
> and univerally recognized as Mr. X at time 1 believes that entity
> universally recognized at time 0 survived, does not make it true".
>
> Do you or do you not concede that this would have been clearer, and
> would have very possibly prevented John Clark from misunderstanding
> you?

I'm sure the heckler would still call for my immediate stoning even if I used your
phrase. It should be abundantly clear by now that it doesn't really matter what I
say at this point. :-)

H.