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• Ted Lauchland posted at 7:02 pm on Sat, Nov 3, 2012.

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  Granted. Truth does matter
  Leaving you to assume that it was true did not state that it wasn't true as was his obligation to disclose such. Both sides of that coin.
  Assumptions derived from someone's nonresponse is fruitless however
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  As in any remembered story an exact recollection is not possible but valuable in it's iteration. "Truth" as a whole is difficult to prove. Only in that does my question of -does it matter- begin.
  Is any remembered story actually truthful? I am sure there are embelishments along the way.
  

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• Jerome Kinderman posted at 4:29 pm on Fri, Nov 2, 2012.

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  One more thing, Mr. Lauchland - the fact that Mr. Hansen has yet to answer the challenge as to the truthfulness of his story has me further believing it can’t be true.

  Mr. Hansen also considers himself a satirist. When he chooses to publish satirical stories, his byline usually makes that clear. In this instance all that we are to know about Mr. Hansen is that he is a “Lodi writer.” Check his plethora of stories published in this newspaper for proof of my claim.

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• Jerome Kinderman posted at 4:19 pm on Fri, Nov 2, 2012.

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  I'm sorry Mr. Lauchland, but truth does matter. Any column in any newspaper needs to be checked for its veracity. If this story was just that - a "story" - created from whole cloth simply to make us "think," then it's up to the author to disclose it. Otherwise, we're left to assume that it is true. It doesn’t pass the smell test for me.

  I've got nothing against free thinkers unless of course they have no regard for the truth. The only thing that had me thinking regarding the story was is it the truth. Without truth, we have nothing; if we don’t strive to be truthful, then we are nothing.

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• Ted Lauchland posted at 1:36 pm on Fri, Nov 2, 2012.

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  Does it matter Mr. Kinderman. I trust that it was true. The story has about a hundred different meanings and it managed to get us to think. The beauty of the English language and the freedoms to think are an enjoyment. Depth of free thinkers is not just limited to truth but expanded to possibilities. Language can be exact or multi - dimensional if you want it to be. Mr. Hansen certainly made me think .

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• Jerome Kinderman posted at 10:16 am on Tue, Oct 16, 2012.

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  True story, Mr. Hansen; or just a "story?"

  My question revolves around the conversation you had with this doctor that should have awakened him immediately to what you were discussing as opposed to what he was thinking.

  Clearly, anyone would have thought you were discussing the effects of THC when he responded to "'Aren't you worried about losing your Drug Enforcement Agency certificate or medical license with this obsession?"

  with . . .

  "Nah!" he replied. 'I'm retired. What do I care about what they do with that bureaucratic paperwork? Now I'm free to do as I please.'"

  I’m just curious – as always.

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