PureX
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It's just a game we play to try and get the people involved to be honest.
But the closest we will ever get to the truth, is honesty.
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Write always the truth, it's like a scalpel: it hurts excruciatingly, but it heals
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PureX
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The truth is 'what is'. That means the truth is both the 'heads' and the 'tales' of the coin. And this can often become quite paradoxical for we humans when we can't see or understand the coin en-total.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
And you are so right. Not quite the same thing though.
I am sorry...but juridically, truth does exist.
Otherwise you would be tried for perjury, if you were called to the stand.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
I think the term is Judiciously but I could be wrong. Anyway, I believe that every person called to the stand in the US has to speak the truth as they know it - in other words, be honest. Which is not the same thing.
Also. Judiciously and juridically.
In my country, people are forced to say the truth.
Not subjective truth.
osgart
Nothing my eye, Something for sure
My definition of truth is facts of reality that are in accordance with good moral values/virtues. And my definition of honesty is to speak that which others deserve to hear, and conceal matters undeserving.
Truth to me isn't mere facts of reality. If I was to tell the truth it would be according to what I feel you or others deserve to hear.
Telling facts isn't always telling the truth.
There's a default truth that should be told to everybody. Then there are personal and private truths that need to be concealed and protected.
Honesty and truth is not a tell all to all situation. Discretion is needed for wisdom in regards to telling the truth.
It's up to the media to tell objective facts that everyone deserves to hear that directly, or indirectly affect a democracy. Facts with an opinionated spin is not news. Facts can be conditioned or manipulated to reflect opinions.
If we are talking about government then we need to be talking about foreign policy, defense, laws, rights, infrastructure, rules and regulations of economy, social services and the tax code and it's necessity or lack thereof in government spending. Government is the only means of national protection and a unified nation of the people. Those are truth sticking points in regards to government.
I can simplify socialism by saying that it's taking from the rich to give to the poor.
As Robin Hood would do.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
It makes me wonder how one would handle paradoxes, such as the saying, "I always lie, and that's the truth".
Well...Freudian denial comes to mind.
There are people who even after hearing what they said in a tape recorder are brave enough to say. "it wasn't me".
You need so much cockiness to do that.
Viker
Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
Most people can't accept the truth. The truth is likely to cause great consternation and a person's most agonizing existential crisis.
This is why we have propaganda, BS, politics, fake news, fantasy novels/games, etc. Distractions from the horror that is the truth.
This is why we have propaganda, BS, politics, fake news, fantasy novels/games, etc. Distractions from the horror that is the truth.
It hurts as excruciatingly as a scalpel on the flesh without anesthesia.
Standing ovation.
Viker
Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
I never lie, even when I'm lying. Like the lie I just told. It's totally the truth.
Ignatius A
Well-Known Member
That is not what socialism is. Goodness graciousI can simplify socialism by saying that it's taking from the rich to give to the poor.
As Robin Hood would do.
This is what journalists should do.
Abandon political correctness and choose Truth instead.
This sentence is not mine.
It's from a writer and journalist, Oriana Fallaci.
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Do you agree with her?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn agrees in this essay called "Live Not by Lies":
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Okay...let's be more explicit. It's like a Father that whips his own children every now and then...
the father is the State and the misbehaving children are some wealthy guys who do naughty things...
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
Okay...let's be more explicit. It's like a Father that whips his own children every now and then...
the father is the State and the misbehaving children are some wealthy guys who do naughty things...
Kinky, can we make a porn of that? Surely there must be a market for that.
Ignatius A
Well-Known Member
You might try being more accurate not explicit.Okay...let's be more explicit. It's like a Father that whips his own children every now and then...
the father is the State and the misbehaving children are some wealthy guys who do naughty things...
Well...I mean when a wealthy capitalist mistreats his own employees.