George Michael Died Of Natural Causes

[MargoTester]

A Coroner's report has confirmed

[naomi24]

This from Wiki: //A death by natural causes, as recorded by coroners and on death certificates and associated documents, is one that is primarily attributed to an illness or an internal malfunction of the body not directly influenced by external forces. //

Let the man rest in peace for goodness sake!

[andy-hughes]

Dinapal - //You believe, in that case ,that so called celebrities have a protected status and should be cocooned no matter what , yet any one else not in the limelight is at the full mercy of the press.? //

No, I do not believe anything of the sort, and I have no idea why you would reach such a conclusion based on what I said so far.

//It appears that you have made statements which you have passed on as facts with regard to Elton John in this debate.

I posted that Elton John has been a serious cocaine user, which he has confirmed in an interview in Q Magazine, and can therefore be considered a fact.

//As, by your admission, they were wrong and you stand corrected I see no point in further debating this. //

I pointed out that, as I believed, 237SJ could not know about Mr John's drug consumption, I did not state it as a fact. 23SJ confirmed that she made her observation from personal experience, and I was happy to stand corrected.

If you feel that making one unforeseen error means you cannot debate further, then that says more about you, than about me.

[jno]

I did not state it as a fact

oh come on...

"You have no more idea than I, or anyone else how long or short either musicians' drug-taking period was, or indeed is."

That is not an opinion, it's stating a fact. A fact that wasn't true.

[andy-hughes]

jno - // I did not state it as a fact

oh come on...

"You have no more idea than I, or anyone else how long or short either musicians' drug-taking period was, or indeed is."

That is not an opinion, it's stating a fact. //

OK, if it matters that much to you, it was a fact - better now?

// A fact that wasn't true. //

An error which I acknowledged and for which I apologised - again, better now?

[Dinapal]

mmmmmmm.

[andy-hughes]

Something nice for lunch Dinapal?

[Dinapal]

I don't do lunch or breakfast.

[andy-hughes]

Good for you.

If you have a comment, or something to add to the debate, that would be wonderful, but the printed equivalent of stroking your chin and looking thoughtful isn't really anything we can use.

[naomi24]

andy-hughes, Who are 'we'?

I post the occasional 'mmmm' when I feel it fits the bill sufficiently. Surely what someone posts is their choice? No?

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - // andy-hughes, Who are 'we'?

I post the occasional 'mmmm' when I feel it fits the bill sufficiently. Surely what someone posts is their choice? No? //

It's the royal 'we' - I am of course King of The Answerbank!!!

But seriously, I can't think of a single instance when posting 'Mmmmm' means anything that anyone can understand.

[naomi24]

andy-hughes, I usually understand what the poster means, so it works for me.

[Dinapal]

mmmmmm
means that you admit to jno, but not to me, that you have written an untruth as fact to support your case.
If we debate on an unfair playing field then,in your words, it says more about you than me. :-)

[andy-hughes]

Dinapal - //mmmmmm
means that you admit to jno, but not to me, that you have written an untruth as fact to support your case.
If we debate on an unfair playing field then,in your words, it says more about you than me. :-) //

Quite how I am supposed to understand that from your 'Mmmmm' is a mystery, but thanks for clarifying.

If I appeared to be admitting an error to another AB'er and not to you, it was not done intentionally, please accept my apologies for my oversight.

I hope we can move on now.

[ummmm]

Give it a rest people.

[andy-hughes]

ummmm - You have been here long enough to know that threads die a natural death when everyone who wants to say something has said it, and everyone who has a point to make feels they have made it.

The don't stop because someone thinks they should - those people usually just ignore the thread and move on.

[Dinapal]

Happily.

[ummmm]

Blame AB then for introducing latest posts, AH.

[jno]

andy, even after apologising, you were still claiming you hadn't stated it as a fact. You had. It's risky to tell other people what they do or don't know; you can end up looking silly.

[andy-hughes]

ummmm - //Blame AB then for introducing latest posts, AH. //

I'm not 'blaming' anyone - but then I have no issue with threads going on for other people past the time when I wish to contribute to them. That's how it works.

[jno]

oh, I wondered if that post was ever going to appear. I won't post on this thread again, especially since my computer appears to be hiccupping.