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Originally Posted by onetime2
Facts do not speak for themselves. Facts require context.
"I owe my brother $500." is a fact but it does not give anywhere close to the whole picture. Do I earn $100/year or $100,000,000? Am I going to die tomorrow? Am I still employed? What is my brother missing out on by not having that $500?
The context is necessary to understand what the fact means.
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Context is only required if the question demands it.
If the question is: Is this the graph of the deficit since the 1960's?
The answer is yes.
If there are questions beyond that, then context is necessary. But Mephisto did not attempt to answer any questions beyond that with this thread topic.