Tomasito photo 2009
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Lying: It's a Way of Life
Lying is endemic. It is more or less expected and not a social disgrace as it may have been in a gentler age.
In advertising—it's a total free-for-all of prevarication. Everything is “The Best” (Even if it's about the worst!), “Reasonable” (Unreasonable by any standard!), “New and Improved” (Even if it is more expensive, less in quantity and poorer in quality!)
Part of the general dumbing down of America is the fluidity of truth. And if the liars are caught with their pants down, they are not in the least ashamed. They never expected you to believe them anyway!
I suppose television is a major culprit. People who sit in front of the tube for hours every day are exposed to so many smooth lies, presented by such glib people, that they literally do not know what truth is any more.
Tomasito, 2009
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