The whole truth and nothing but.

Mr E's Avatar
  • Mr E
  • 05-27-2012, 08:55 PM
If you can't get the "whole truth and nothing but the truth" in a court of law how can we expect to get any truth anywhere else.

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I will just toss in that a politician running for office did tell the truth. It was, "I will do whatever it takes to get elected." I laughed and thought he would not be truthful from that moment on. Oh course I did not believe much before hand either.
Must be that "HOPE and CHANGE" Bull shit. If not must have been some other Bull shit.....shit stinks.
JD Barleycorn's Avatar
That is what constitutes lying to me; the opposite of the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

When asked a question tell everything you know, nothing that you guess is the truth, and don't embellish. Don't withhold pertinent information. Don't speculate.

Our leaders (?) fall very short of this. I still look for honesty and have not given up which to me means that ALL politicians lie. There have to be a couple who don't and I don't let anyone off the hook with moral relativity; he lied so it is okay for other to lie. That kind of thinking allows you do anything. He lied so I can lie, she stole so I can steal, they killed a whole people so it is okay for us to do the same.