On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 05:11:11PM -0500, Barbara Lamar wrote:
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> Spike Jones wrote:
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> > Recall that denial and deception are as much a part of warfare
> > as weapons. Denial and deception are seen in every species
> > of animal that I know of. Let us be truthful with dealing with
> > truth. When fighting a war, let us use every trick in the book.
> > And invent new ones that are not in there yet.
>
> I agree with Spike. I taught my daughter to respect the truth and, above
> all, not to lie to herself. But I also taught her that there are
> circumstances under which the morally correct thing to do is to lie.
I agree. While it might have sounded like the opposite in my post, I
think there are worse sins than lying. The information loss from a
single human death outweighs an enormous amount of lies. And I hope I
didn't sound too much like a party pooper for you, Spike. I would dearly
like to see some truly clever plan that leaves everybody standing in
surprise and merriment...
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