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Edited on Thu Jul-31-03 12:27 AM by DS1
1) I hate liars, I know when people I know (dot.com politics will give you that edge) are lying to me, so I know it when I see it. I hate theives more than liars though.
2) Depends, today I swatted a bee off a co-worker's back. I walked past her, told her to not move while I manipulated her shirt into prime swatting position. She asked me what it was, I said it was nothing to worry about. White lie? Yes. Effective and useful causing no harm to her? Yes. So "white lies" are by definition subjective.
3) Yes, plenty of times, but I knew they were lying (see above), so I adjusted appropriately.
4) Trick question. If George Tenet lied to Dubya, his lie would be to one person, however it trickles down to the rest of us. This question really can't be answered without lots of legal wrangling over the definition of 'person'. (edit: I'm not suggesting the war was all Tenet's fault, it's just an example)
5) No, I don't believe that for a second. History is always kind, look at the Original Camelot vs the Kennedy Camelot, the former will rarely have a negative accusation made towards it. Knights in shining armour and all that stuff, ' Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!' And besides, people are already naming Aircraft Carriers and Airports and Mountains after Ronald Reagan. What he did for us that was already set in motion! Reagan didn't end the cold war, Gorbachev did. Gorby was the one who set in motion the thrust towards ending communism power over the USSR, and barely survived a coup in the process. He was the one who brought down the Berlin Wall, he was the one putting his life on the line, not some actor monkey-bottle-feeding-fuck that though he was Clint Eastwood paired with Conway Twitty! Reagan just happened to be there. Wait, that's the same argument freepers use against the Clinton economic "boom". :crazy:
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