You said something specific happened... I showed you one source that says it did not...
The wiki article didn't say, "he didn't fire shots" nor did it say "he didn't ring bells." It didn't mention anything about that. You're appealing to ignorance. Show me a source that says he didn't fire a shot, and I'll happily admit I am wrong.
I asked you to follow normal board procedure and provide a source to back up what you said... you pulled a David Axlerod and told me it was my job to prove something YOU said was wrong, not YOUR job to prove something you said was right.
You're the one making the claim that I am wrong, and you brought nothing creditable that honestly proves I am wrong. When you make a claim, you have to provide evidence and support of your claim. It's called burden of proof. If there were a jury judging this conversation, they'd say evidence was inconclusive on both sides and would take neither of our sides.
I have since abandoned saying that claim is factual, because I am not sure what is accurate and historical fact. Until you show me the historical facts that prove I am wrong, I won't admit I am wrong.
Now here is one source stating he fired shots... albeit it is a blog, and a blog isn't very creditable, nor is wiki. :shrug:
Bissell is an unsung hero of the Revolutionary War who, independent of Paul Revere, had been sent to warn the colonists that the war had begun. Bissell accomplished his mission by riding into towns, ringing the church bell and firing his musket to get the attention of the residents so that he could pass along his message.
Sounds like the firing and ringing is attributed to him... as if he personally did it. In any case, it's highly likely that he would have directed some people to ring church bells, rather than jumped off his horse to do it himself at every stop. Alerting others and directing them to ring bells would have been more practical, although it's not entirely impractical to think he may have stopped to ring the first initial bell or jumped off to alert others to do so.
Likewise it is not it impractical to believe he fired off a shot to initially alert people... :shrug: but that isn't the highlight of his ride of course, so finding details about how the task of ringing bells and firing shots and delegation of such duties is vague online. It would take a detailed reading into the ride from beginning to end to find those answers.
I can't find anything substantially saying that I was wrong in my original statement, nor can I find anything creditable saying I am right and you are wrong. I simply find nothing going into detail about the bells and musket on Bissell's ride or how it was coordinated. I am not making **** up or just writing stuff without thinking. If I am wrong, then I have been misinformed, and if that is so, I sure as **** am not going to act like Palin and try to find a way to insist the facts are different. lol
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You are now doing EXACTLY what you whined about Palin doing.... you got caught in error, and instead of manning up and admitting it, you dance around your mistake hoping no one will notice.
Your FAIL is strong, SheWolf.
You haven't caught me in an error. Quote something that says I am wrong, and I will happily admit I am wrong. I have admitted being wrong on these boards before. If you don't believe me, then ask Mac. I have admitted being wrong in the past, and I am still the same person. I prefer facts to myth, which is why I insist on being proven wrong with a source saying he didn't fire a shot to you telling me I am wrong, based on a wiki article not mentioning him firing a shot.
What makes you so certain he didn't... Did you read that he didn't somewhere, because all you did was link a small wiki article and mention that bells and guns weren't mentioned. I can post a fricking blog that mentions bells and shots were fired by him, and a blog is as creditable as wikipedia. :roll:
