Sunday, October 05, 2003
"I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman...."
That was more or less a lie.
Lying is lying, we're told by the strict non-relativists among us. Since there are occasions when they turn into the most gelatinous of relativists, as for instance on the questions of Arnold and women, these non-relativists are completely capable of taking into account "context" when they need to.
Well, all lies have a context, and those who would be fair need to acknowledge context in all situations, but in spite of that, I can see with absolute non-relativistic certainty, all lies are not equal.
Atrios has an example of a bait and switch lie, among the more common committed by Bush & Co that is beyond comment.
Lying is lying, we're told by the strict non-relativists among us. Since there are occasions when they turn into the most gelatinous of relativists, as for instance on the questions of Arnold and women, these non-relativists are completely capable of taking into account "context" when they need to.
Well, all lies have a context, and those who would be fair need to acknowledge context in all situations, but in spite of that, I can see with absolute non-relativistic certainty, all lies are not equal.
Atrios has an example of a bait and switch lie, among the more common committed by Bush & Co that is beyond comment.
