There are facts and there are "facts." But the fact of the matter remains that neither referent will go further than the point to which an individual adheres to one or the other, or perhaps none at all. Just as beauty is seen in the eyes of the beholder, so is fact in the mind of the believer. From thereon, what remains is a matter of one's moral sense and obligation - a choice to either confirm a fact or, otherwise, conform to it.

In the case surrounding the characteristically obscure events of Pearl Harbor, the majority of the United States population chose to conform to the "facts" presented by its renowned government...

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date that will in infamy - the United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan... the...