a lie can travel halfway round the world before the truth has got its shoes on?

Question

Whose quote is this and can you give an example from the last five years of world history ?

Answer 1

The most obvious example was the 'war' on Iraq - almost all of the pro-war arguments were based on untrue 'evidence'.

The idea is a valid one, because information needs to be beneficial to somebody, in order to be propagated 'globally'. Untrue information is both easier to come by, and easier to profit from, than truth.

The original quote is probably from Mark Twain, and summarised the concept better by saying "... WHILE the truth is putting its shoes on" (ie preparing its material properly).

The more vague version using 'before' and 'boots', is usually attributed to the UK Prime minister Jim Callaghan (although his script-writer had probably taken it from some other, less prominent, contemporary speaker; this is normally how politicians get their 'finger on the pulse').

Answer 2

Lie is seductive and has the undoubtable strength of potential doubt and possibility factor for existence which makes it travel like high speed data transfer (as we do in internet chatting worldwide) while the truth could become powerful only after its acceptance! So the saying goes as you said !

Answer 3

Only place I have come across that quote is in a Fiction book! And it was Boots, not shoes.
It's a great book too!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0552147680/?tag=astore.blog-21

And Saddam having weapons of mass destruction capable of being deployed in 40mins is probably the best example in the last 5 years!

Answer 4

No idea whose behind the quote, but I gotta say this... Let's just celebrate by having a "Cyber Trash" party! We can take care of changing the next five years of history while we're at it! LOL @;}

Answer 5

Philosophy would say that there is no truth and that all history is a lie. There is no example of anything in history as nothing is happening. You believe in history because you were told to.

Answer 6

it extremely is a clever theory and so certainly. jogs my reminiscence of the lie approximately Patrick Swayze dieing some days interior the previous..That tale travelled the globe in hours We in common terms look to love a solid "yarn" extra desirable effective than the actuality It jogs my reminiscence of: "The evil that person men do lives after them, even regardless of the undeniable fact that the solid is oft interred with their bones" i does no longer have it incredibly certainly, yet regardless of the actuality that I memorized it 40 5 years interior the previous. Yours jogged my reminiscence of mine. diverse yet comparable

Answer 7

We could easily rename this forum "poetry" for all the attempts.