Politicians lie

[arcticpenguin]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20030518/od_uk_nm/oukoe_odd_lies

Scientist confirms that politicians lie.

"Politicians need to be more honest about lying," he told the newspaper.

shocking!

[shemp]

I am shocked! Utterly shocked! Next you'll tell me that used-car dealers lie too!

[shanek]

And in other news, night is dark, pickles are green, and water is wet.

[MRC_Hans]

More shocking information:
Real estate agents lie on a regular basis too!

Where will it end?

Hans
:cool:

[Torment]

:eek: :eek: :eek:

This topic has blown my mind......

[KelvinG]

I'm quite amazed they actually needed to do "research" to come to this conclusion.

[GreyWanderer]

""When journalists or parliamentary colleagues start to probe at that area which the government wants to keep secret, you are more likely to be pushed further and further toward the territory of lying," Newey said."

I don't think this kind of lying is that bad. It's worse when they actively go out and tell a lie.

[Whoracle]

http://www.lamer.net/blownaway.jpg

[Underemployed]

This sounds like an easy winner of an IgNobel (http://www.columbia.edu/~jhr18/humor/ig_nobels.html)

[PygmyPlaidGiraffe]

Originally posted by arcticpenguin
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20030518/od_uk_nm/oukoe_odd_lies

Scientist confirms that politicians lie.



shocking!

Lets say a politician decides to hold a news conference and states:

"Everything I say is a lie."

Is he being honest or is he lying again?

How do we figure out this paradox?

[arcticpenguin]

Originally posted by PygmyPlaidGiraffe


Lets say a politician decides to hold a news conference and states:

"Everything I say is a lie."

Is he being honest or is he lying again?

How do we figure out this paradox?
It's very simple. Don't even analyze the words. If his lips are moving, he is lying. ;)

[a_unique_person]

I like the latest invention of political spin, "plausible deniability".

If a politician can provide a denial of something and make is sound reasonable, then he is not lying.