tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post4823652940369642885..comments2024-03-29T13:25:33.439+00:00Comments on A K Haart: An unstoppable lying machineA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-53773321917183642952014-07-09T20:54:58.742+01:002014-07-09T20:54:58.742+01:00Roger - yes, I've come across Ed Bernays and h...Roger - yes, I've come across Ed Bernays and he has much to answer for. If we opt for a society which makes a business of lying then we've no chance.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-66218259976079367822014-07-09T19:27:23.334+01:002014-07-09T19:27:23.334+01:00Pols have always lied but a most once feared their...Pols have always lied but a most once feared their God (a bit) and so tempered their efforts. But during the '20s Ed Bernays (an American gentleman) taught the world how to lie like billy oh, he invented the publicity machine and the ad agency. The rest is a spin doctor near you. But how much good does it do?<br /><br />My mum used to let us kids lick out the pudding basin when something nice was made. First a it was easy to get the good stuff, then a teaspoon was needed and finally only a finger would get the last morsels. So it is with lying. Once we fell for the smallest lie, then bigger ones were needed and now all credibility is lost and nothing is believed. So now we reach the bottom and where to go?<br /><br />The difficulty is the need for something nice. Rather hard to come by when you 'aint got no money, so make it up. Nothing is believed and indeed truly good news is too hard to find, so one might as well lie. Unstoppable indeed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-1898848037470856492014-07-09T18:53:15.224+01:002014-07-09T18:53:15.224+01:00Sackers - or both in the case of politicians.Sackers - or both in the case of politicians.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-81223040402253327782014-07-09T17:01:59.206+01:002014-07-09T17:01:59.206+01:00I overheard a couple of boys talking at a secondar...I overheard a couple of boys talking at a secondary school. One said (clearly a proverb), "When two people speak, one of them is lying."Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.com