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To: one_less who wrote (71179)	7/31/2003 1:08:05 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) of 82486

I don't declarethe truth to be unworthy of success. Not at all. What I do is recognize that for the justice system to work it must have a mechanism for overcoming the natural tendency of people to shade the truth to their advantage. In an era where the vengence of God was considered a real thing, Hell a real place, and violation of the oath a certain path to Hell, that was a fairly effective deterrent to untruty. Today, however, few people believe that swearing falsely will cause them eternal torment. And there are virtually no prosecutions for perjury. I've never seen a single one. The justice system has yet to devise an appropriate alternative to an effective oath.

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