054. Honesty

[electroniccrane]

[audio // English]

When someone gives you a name, it doesn't necessarily follow they were telling the truth about it being their name, especially if they have reason to lie.

The principle can be generalized to a variety of conversational circumstances.

[Kusanagi's gone clear past exasperation and into resignation.]

Comments

[ecopiracy]

Without knowing they have reason to lie, though, at what point do you question the name they gave?

[electroniccrane]

As soon as their actions or other circumstances give you reason to.

[Kusanagi leads a very untrusting life.]

[ecopiracy]

[Phoenix nods to himself. A reasonable enough stipulation.]

Have you had many who offered you a false identity, Major?

[electroniccrane]

[She gives a short bark of laughter, a derisive sound.

Oh Phoenix, you're so cute when you're stupid.]

[talkback_stein]

This is about the Santa thing, right? Classic.

[electroniccrane]

[Stein, don't pretend you're not one of the idiots.]

It's not Jak not knowing the cultural reference that's the problem. It's him refusing to believe the people who explained it to him and realize the obvious alternative.

[talkback_stein]

[Maybe the Major is too smart. Huh? Ever think 'a that? ...Yeah.]

Soooo... the Santa thing.

[electroniccrane]

Yes. "The Santa thing."

[xmaliciouslyx]

Just how many idiotic people are there on this ship?

[electroniccrane]

Quite a few.

[The jury is still out on Azula's status vis-a-vis idiocy.]

[farfairersoul]

The fact that this requires stating, much less in reference to someone in Jak's position--who should be very accustomed to deceit by this point in his doubtless fantastic life--is both amusing and ridiculous.

I suppose I should applaud your patience and thank you for the condescension or somesuch, but I don't think I will. It would have been more fun to just keep quiet about the entire thing and watched him spin in circles.

[tachikhromatic]

Hmmm... You mean, they don't know that yet?

[We will ignore the hypocrisy.]

It seems to me that that kind of deceit is pretty obvious, isn't it?

[electroniccrane]

It depends on the circumstances. But when multiple people are correcting you, insisting otherwise is foolish.