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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (73478)	8/27/2003 3:49:56 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"Chris says everyone lies on the stand anyway" People look after their self interest. It was rare (and it is now rarer) to find martyrs who give their life rather than compromise their intellectual honour. This, of course, is the extreme case. However, I have had some experience with people, and I am reasonably convinced that most people will lie when it furthers self interest...

To: Lane3 who wrote (73478)	8/27/2003 3:58:03 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

"As for the underlying purpose, well, Chris says everyone lies on the stand anyway. So just have people solemnly promise to tell the truth and be done with it." There is something wrong with a system that sets people up to fail from the git go. Perhaps we should ask them to promise to lie?