July 16, 2003
An Age Of Lies
by Michael Rivero - 7/14/03
The latest joke making the rounds on the internet is that truth has become so valuable that the government has embarked on a conservation program.
Lying is something we normally take very seriously. Certainly we ourselves are exhorted by schools and clergy to always be truthful. We demand truthfulness of those around us and those we employ, and while we may wink tolerantly at the “white” lie, most of us realize that society as a whole cannot function smoothly without a certain assurance of honesty. We therefore punish children who lie. We fire employees who lie. We choose to not associate with, listen to, or trust people who lie. We are most demanding for the truth in the matter of commerce. We demand that products and services we spend our hard-earned money on function exactly as promised by the salesperson. We generally tolerate nothing less.
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Posted by Stephen VanDyke at July 16, 2003 11:38 AMNice article. I have only one objection. It is in reference to the following:
“While we have all grown up more or less used to the idea that politicians lie to us, never before in US history have the lies been as bold, in-our-faces, arrogant, or unrepentant.”
The lies being told during the Viet Nam war were just as bad, blatant and in your face. We knew the government was lying in 1965, and got organized enough by 1967 to start doing something about it. We stopped the war by bringing inescapable attention to the facts and the lies.
Otherwise, I agree.
Posted by: DRRemer at July 17, 2003 01:10 AM
