# John Murtha calls "western Pa" racist

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**Created:** [October 15, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/john-murtha-calls-western-pa-racist/200189 "2008-10-15T22:23:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/john-murtha-calls-western-pa-racist/200189/47 "2008-10-17T14:52:21Z")

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> [@CRX\>stage 2 SRT4](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crx-stage-2-srt4/37965/283):
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> How can you not mix almost and fact? The Pirates have had losing records almost as long as my cousin has been alive. Factual statement.

Because you leave a grey area of when you can/can not use the word “almost”

unless you can tell me at what percentage I can use the word “almost”

if something isn’t 100%, it isn’t a fact.

That’s like me saying the world is Asian, because 2/3 of the population is in asia.

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