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Thread #164112   Message #3926902
Posted By: David Carter (UK)
24-May-18 - 02:48 PM
Thread Name: How reliable is Folk History ?
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: How reliable is Folk History ?
Courts define murder, not me or you.

"The point about song and lore is that it provides information on the subject from a point of view not usually taken into consideration, and in doing so, it becomes evidence"

If that point of view is tainted by partiality, that evidence is likewise tainted.