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THE BURDEN OF TRUTH |
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| The social engineering liar |
The social engineering liar is among the most dangerous because they want to change the social order according to their vision of what it should be. Most of these liberals I have met over 5 decades know zilch about the way our country operates, know zilch about our industry, know zilch when it comes to our history and what made this country big but boy, oh boy, do they know what they want to change! Even if they have to lie, to cheat they are going to get their way, one way or another!
They lie about anything and everything and the worst of all is that they are self-righteous about their lying. When they can't win an argument with facts they resort to emotionalism (another form of lying). And when the emotionalism doesn't work they lie to high heaven in whatever mode suits them; just as long as they win their argument! My entire experience with these kind of self-righteous, guilt prone individuals is that they lie and lie some more. They know they are lying but they don't care! |
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| The community lie |
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A community lie is where a mass of people agree silently and without any overt or noticeable agreement that they are going to lie en masse!
When I was a student in France in 1949 to 1951 there was one community lie that I found hard to believe. Now you have to understand that I did combat in France and spoke to and observed the French during that combat experience and later from 1944 to 1945. The great community lie then and now in France is that only a few collaborated with the Germans! Baloney, the whole country collaborated with the Germans and they know it! I am not sure that I would have done any different but they did collaborate!
Here in Nantucket we have a community lie that would be amusing if it were not so pitiful. The community lie is that there is an enormous need for private social care! This island has about 7000 permanent residents and that is it. However about once a week at a minimum we receive requests from charitable organizations here pleading for money. How many people out of about 7000 need social care since there is overfull employment and jobs at relatively good pay are all over the place (Stop and Shop just raised their hourly wage rate from $6.00 to $10.00 for weekdays and to $15.00 for Sundays). I have lived here now for about 6 years and in all that time have only seen two people (one man and one woman) whom you and I might call indigent. |
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| Endnote |
| Lies fester in our lives and our existence. There are modern lies, antique lies and ancient lies. The only thing we know about history is that someone wrote it down. We never know if they were telling the truth or lying. We never know if they were biased, prejudiced, anti-this or anti-that. All history is speculation and too much of it is fraud and lies. When I went to France in 1949 I brought with me a footlocker full of classic economic and history books. By dumb luck I happened to have a book entitled "An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" which specific edition was quoted by an economist of repute. I looked up the quote and was absolutely shocked to discover that while the beginning and end of the quote was accurate the author had stuffed a whole bunch of words into the "quote". In other words he was lying! It just goes to prove that liars have an endless imagination.
In the meantime, thanks for reading my contribution and my best wishes for a happy and healthy life. Pierre B. Feret P.S. Use your e(electronic)-finger to find more interesting stuff in this web site. |
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