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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: JohnM who wrote (20994)6/14/2006 4:22:21 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 541300
 
Karen doesn't think he did mean that exaggerating the facts was ok. Karen thinks he meant that a lot of attention should be put on expressing the facts in the strongest way possible. If that is all he meant than it isn't problematic, but I don't think that is what he meant.

If he did mean exaggerate the known facts to get people moving than it is indeed arrogant (I know so much better than these people, and they are so stupid that they can't be moved by the real facts even if they are bad, but I can scare and manipulate them with horror scenarios...) and would if generally applied lessen the quality of political decision making. If people make decisions based on lies, manipulations, and unsubstantiated fears than you will get worse decisions.
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