tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post2801640081901126906..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Telling the kidsA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-75600121718060454702012-03-30T20:27:02.933+01:002012-03-30T20:27:02.933+01:00Sam - I'm not so sure. Johnson was hot on the ...Sam - I'm not so sure. Johnson was hot on the evils of falsehood from a slippery slope angle and I suspect he was right even though I'm uncomfortable with absolutes.<br /><br />Of course it led Johnson to be incredibly rude at times and that doesn't feel right either.<br /><br />James - as you know, with me it's always the climate guys.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-25094747265542823012012-03-30T15:47:11.463+01:002012-03-30T15:47:11.463+01:00You don't have any particular instances in min...You don't have any particular instances in mind, do you, AKH?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-33317060334828669792012-03-30T09:59:34.722+01:002012-03-30T09:59:34.722+01:00Blurring the boundaries is fine. Children need to...Blurring the boundaries is fine. Children need to learn the difference between being nice and nasty; and also between truth and falsehood. There are many cases when falsehood is absolutely fine. Compliments, secrets about birthday presents, and fictions, for example.<br /><br />We can teach children that falsehood is fine, except when it is accompanied by nastiness. The politician and the fraudster are not in the same league as the novelist, or even the harmless bloke who shouts out that the end of the world is nigh.Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com