Talk:Dawn Butler

Latest comment: 17 days ago by Greenshed in topic Slavery reparations


Obama endorsement - "admitted" v "said" v "confirmed"

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I'm going for "admitted"; because "confirmed" would refer to something she herself had said earlier (whereas in fact she denied it earlier); and "said" would refer to something new (where there was no history). In this case an allegation was made; she denied it, then admitted it. Springnuts (talk) 23:02, 6 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

I disagree. Someone usually ‘admits’ to doing something wrong. In fact, there is an association with admitting a criminal offence. It’s not clear that what she did was wrong. I don’t see that the word ‘said’ refers to something new – it is just the basic word for what is spoken. I am reverting the edit which changed this. Sweet6970 (talk) 09:18, 7 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Isn’t the point that she did admit to doing something wrong - not legally, but factually, by saying something misleading? But I take the point; so how about something around “corrected”? Springnuts (talk) 23:04, 14 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Yes, I agree with your suggestion and your amendment to the article. Thanks. Sweet6970 (talk) 11:31, 15 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Slavery reparations

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The following text was removed at [1] with the summary: There's a bit of a muddle of edits here, but I think this one had it right:

Butler supported claims from Caribbean countries for slavery reparations to be paid to them by the British.[1]

Why should this neutrally written and well-sourced position that Butler holds not be included? Greenshed (talk) 20:32, 3 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

That was my mistake, I got lost in the muddle. I've restored it now. -- DeFacto (talk). 08:35, 4 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. Greenshed (talk) 20:42, 4 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. ^ Lansdale, James (24 October 2024). "Commonwealth leaders to defy UK on slavery reparations". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2024.