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On 2002-08-01 12:00, JayUtah wrote:
Yes, refresh my memory: what's the difference between a whistle-blow and a mistake?
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I didn't say it wasn't a
mistake, I said it wasn't
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However, technically, the distinction between a "whistle-blow" and a "mistake" would be the intention of perpetrator. If it was done knowing it was wrong for the purpose of alerting others, it's a whistle-blow. If it was done as a result of inattention to detail, it's a mistake. If you take the definition of "mistake" to encompass all falsehoods, regardless of intention, then "whistle-blows" is just a subset of "mistakes."
Of course, most of what the HB's present as "whistle-blows" are neither, but that's beside the point.