When it comes to the truth, point of view really does matter.

You may have seen a version of this meme floating around.

I don’t know the source of the original, but just now I came across an adaptation by Haplo Schaffer:

I like it, but I had some thoughts of my own.

Hah! And showing that Haplo is an open-minded good sport about this whole thing….

More feedback… again, Haplo is being admirably open-minded, and her followers are participating in a spirited conversation on Facebook. (She also told me on Twitter that English is not her first language, so that provides some context for my punctuation quibbles.)

And…

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:) Nice that Haplo is an open-minded good sport about the matter – don’t see much of that nowadays. I’ve also pretty much quit pointing out to people their grammar and punctuation transgressions – they won’t change, and some have accused me of “nitpicking” (!!!) … especially my husband, who types in caps because he says it’s easier … He sent a letter to the editor of the local paper that way … and they published it (but not in caps).

Haplo has responded, and one of her FB friends addressed a catastrophic flaw in my version.

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When it comes to the truth, point of view really does matter.

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