Can good ever be built on lies
Well, I'm just thinking that President Bush started the whole Iraq campaign with a lie ( bad )no WOMD. But in the process,an evil dictator is toppled ( good ).
So my simple little question is..
If you start with a lie ( bad ) can any good that comes out of it..truly outweigh the initial bad ?
Or is it all stained as a result of the first act? that is
..to lie to the coalition of the willing...
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So my simple little question is..
If you start with a lie ( bad ) can any good that comes out of it..truly outweigh the initial bad ?
Or is it all stained as a result of the first act? that is
..to lie to the coalition of the willing...
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Obviously the answer is no: The end does not justify the means.
Originally posted by BRussell
Obviously the answer is no: The end does not justify the means.
Does the end justify the means..Now why didn't I think of saying it in that nifty way....
Saddamns OUT.*
"President"** Musharif of pakistan (You know the guy that SOLD uranium to north korea which is much more dangerous to the U.S. then saddam ever was) is IN!
That loony iraqqy that told us the US were not in Bagdad is OUT.
The schizoid "president" of north korea is still IN.
No WMD pointing to us from Iraq (and there never was)! GOOD!
Shiny Nuke missiles points at California. BAD!
**(after the u.s. helped him get to power)
*It was dictator who came to power in a miliaty coup before 9/11...
Originally posted by aquafire
lie ( bad )...lie ( bad)
Well, then why do you do it?
I think that covers it nicely.
Originally posted by jimmac
I remember a line from an excellent movie called " Excaliber ". The line was spoke by Merlin : " When a man lies he murders some part of the world ".
I think that covers it nicely.
This morning the news declared that the head of the CIA is taking the blame...Bush is exonerated ..or is he...?
As regards Musharif...Good God, I don't think that America should be playing footsies with the guy..but then what real alternatives are there in Pakistan...?
Originally posted by aquafire
This morning the news declared that the head of the CIA is taking the blame...Bush is exonerated ..or is he...?
As regards Musharif...Good God, I don't think that America should be playing footsies with the guy..but then what real alternatives are there in Pakistan...?
Two words.......Fall guy.
Originally posted by jimmac
Two words.......Fall guy.
One word..Patsy
No good can ever be built upon lies. Lies are like a fragile house made of cards. You continue to build level after level of the fragile structure to create a bigger and bigger house. It will eventually topple, and if it isn't because your lies pissed somebody off, it's because Karma caught up to you. It always does.
There is much too much lying going on in the world. A lot of problems could be solved if people would just start telling the truth a bit more often.
funny, an Apple Engineer and I had a conversation about this at an irish pub outside of Cupertino a few years back. And no, we didn't talk about Apple at all :P
/me skips over to the MacNN Lounge for a laugh
This morning the news declared that the head of the CIA is taking the blame...Bush is exonerated ..or is he...?
Wag the Aquafire, Wag the dog ... it's all the same.
If you believe for one second that George Bush did not know everything the Director of the CIA knew at the outset of war, you are more gullible than I thought. Did you really expect no one to get / take the blame for the President?? This is how it works:
White House Official: George, you can either take the blame and keep your job, or you can deny the blame, have a hearing on the Hill and lose your job.
George: Yes you're right; clearly I should've edited that speech more carefully. I'm sorry.
White House Official: glad we cleared that up. Wanna grab lunch?
George: Yeah I skipped breakfast this morning!
(the two enjoy a hearty laugh).
It's all very simple really. No different than how it works in big business for the most part, except that the choice is to resign or be terminated in really bad business incidents.