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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Solon who wrote (73593)8/28/2003 3:42:01 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
”I don't know why you use the word "contemptible" for those who find lying under oath conducive to their goals.”

What would make the goals of another person worthy of admiration? In most cases, such goals, would be seen as some kind of positive example or as a contribution to humanity at large. Normal healthy people may have goals at every level of the continuum from insipidly personal to grandiose and broad sweepingly charitable. Some people have goals that are by their nature harmful to others.

Society is strengthened by the ability of its members to have a positive regard for one another and to trust one another’s word. Lying under oath demonstrates a disregard for the needs of society and a contempt for the foundations of trust on which we depend. When your goals involve a demonstration of selfish disregard for others and for society as a whole; the associated lying behavior is “contemptable.”
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