On Lying
"A characteristic of human action is that it always begins something new, and this does not mean that it is ever permitted to start ab ovo, to create ex nihilo. In order to make room for one’s own action, something that was there before must be removed or destroyed, and things as they were before are changed. Such change would be impossible if we
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The violence done to reason and common sense, to what is simply *so*, by the shamelessness of liars great and small, has me seeing red, I fear.
No, there were plenty of warnings about 9/11
No, there were no connections to Iraq
No, George W. Bush did not serve honorably because he failed to fulfill his contract
No, the ecomnomy sucks wet farts out of dead pigeons
No, privatizing a national insurance system (i.e. Social Security) is not a good idea.
Etc.
The fandom idiocy I'm almost ready to address in full. Stay tuned.
Ang
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