OT - George Bush is lying to us again - bunkers were sealed

Howard Kveck wrote:


Have you ever had to deal with someone who lies apparently simply for
the sake of lying? When telling the truth is easy and obvious? It took me a
while to figure that one out. I think they do that because the story they
tell (their "truth") is theirs, and theirs alone. Anyone can have reality,
but this "truth" is special, you know? Frustrating to deal with that...


I used to work for a guy like that. It was so strange.

Howard Kveck wrote:


Have you ever had to deal with someone who lies apparently simply for
the sake of lying? When telling the truth is easy and obvious? It took me a
while to figure that one out. I think they do that because the story they
tell (their "truth") is theirs, and theirs alone. Anyone can have reality,
but this "truth" is special, you know? Frustrating to deal with that...


I used to work for a guy like that. It was so strange.

gwhite wrote:


Howard Kveck wrote:


Have you ever had to deal with someone who lies apparently simply for
the sake of lying? When telling the truth is easy and obvious? It took me a
while to figure that one out. I think they do that because the story they
tell (their "truth") is theirs, and theirs alone. Anyone can have reality,
but this "truth" is special, you know? Frustrating to deal with that...



I used to work for a guy like that. It was so strange.

One of the problems I have noted with academics is that they are so used
to manipulating complex abstractions, it's really easy to convince
themselves that _anything_ might be true. When they start to go
slightly off the rails mentally, that's when they flip into fanatical
beliefs...

gwhite wrote:


Howard Kveck wrote:


Have you ever had to deal with someone who lies apparently simply for
the sake of lying? When telling the truth is easy and obvious? It took me a
while to figure that one out. I think they do that because the story they
tell (their "truth") is theirs, and theirs alone. Anyone can have reality,
but this "truth" is special, you know? Frustrating to deal with that...



I used to work for a guy like that. It was so strange.

One of the problems I have noted with academics is that they are so used
to manipulating complex abstractions, it's really easy to convince
themselves that _anything_ might be true. When they start to go
slightly off the rails mentally, that's when they flip into fanatical
beliefs...

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gwhite wrote:

Howard Kveck wrote:


Have you ever had to deal with someone who lies apparently simply for
the sake of lying? When telling the truth is easy and obvious? It took me a
while to figure that one out. I think they do that because the story they
tell (their "truth") is theirs, and theirs alone. Anyone can have reality,
but this "truth" is special, you know? Frustrating to deal with that...


I used to work for a guy like that. It was so strange.

Well, most of the people I've been around who do that don't lie *all*
the time - just enough of it to make it confusing. You can't tell if
they're lying this time, or not. It makes deciding on a course of action
pretty tough.

--
tanx,
Howard

"It looks like the squirrel's been showing everybody
where he keeps his nuts."

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

In article ,
gwhite wrote:

Howard Kveck wrote:


Have you ever had to deal with someone who lies apparently simply for
the sake of lying? When telling the truth is easy and obvious? It took me a
while to figure that one out. I think they do that because the story they
tell (their "truth") is theirs, and theirs alone. Anyone can have reality,
but this "truth" is special, you know? Frustrating to deal with that...


I used to work for a guy like that. It was so strange.

Well, most of the people I've been around who do that don't lie *all*
the time - just enough of it to make it confusing. You can't tell if
they're lying this time, or not. It makes deciding on a course of action
pretty tough.

--
tanx,
Howard

"It looks like the squirrel's been showing everybody
where he keeps his nuts."

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?