and that its ok to tells us one thing while they do another cause they know what is best for us?
2007-12-07 05:19:57 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It is widespread I think. I am undecided.
They say ends dont justify the means but possibly , the end result is important and so the means by which they go about including lying and making war , destailising states and regions may have purpose that we cannot understand.
sometimes I think things from a different angle, imagine you were a dog or other animal who is injured , and you get taken to the vets for an operation . you will probably be scared and not really know what is going on, you may try to escape, bark or attack the vet when he is doing what is best. A similar situation may exist for us. we can understand so much , but there is much than cannot be explained.
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Maybe we should resist those that lie and seek to control us with their control of the law ,media and business and war industry and want to keep us in the dark.
2007-12-07 05:30:58 · answer #1 · answered by ADad 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes the government lies because if it told the truth it would anger more people. If the ends justify the means it's OK. I often examine the lie and try to determine what its intent was.
Take for example Clinton. Why did he lie? Most likely to save face and he was embarrassed. Was it because he was a bad man that always lied and was not to be trusted? No, of course not.
Why did Bush 'lie' about WMD in Iraq? Harder to say.... perhaps it is true as has been suggested that all intelligence really did strongly believe that was the case. Hillary did, she was saying the same things, and she voted for the war, and her husband, the former president, agreed, and a variety of the material was collected during his administration.
2007-12-07 13:36:52 · answer #2 · answered by Pfo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those who believe in a government of men rather than a government of laws would agree with your premise. Personally, I question almost everything, and so many rotten things have been going on that sometimes I miss a few because I think, "no, that's just too paranoid".So when I see a government agency or an official is caught in a lie, I basically don't believe anything they say after that.
2007-12-07 13:27:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The liberties of people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them." Patrick Henry
"Information is the currencey of democracy" Thomas Jefferson
A popular government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps, both." James Madison
"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right and a desire to know." John Adams
And one for you conservatives
"One of the things that almost never works is secrecy." Newt Gingrich
2007-12-07 13:37:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every time somebody says that the government "lied" to you, I go back and investigate. I try to determine who is calling this a "lie". Is it a liberal with a political agenda? What are circumstances that brought the "facts" to the surface? Then I try to collect information from all sides of the spectrum and determine whether what the facts behind the alleged "lie" really are.
2007-12-07 13:26:15 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends. If the government announces that the 7th fleet is on routine maneuvers when in actuality it's heading to rescue some stranded pilots, that's a reasonable attempt to deceive our enemies with the unfortunate side-effect of deceiving the American public. If they lie to us to cover up crimes, to hide the real reasons for their policies, or to enrich themselves and their friends, there is no justification for that.
2007-12-07 13:24:41 · answer #6 · answered by TG 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not, seems to me that the government already has, and nobody is doing anything about it except maybe brushing it under the rug. Vice President Dick Cheney had Grand Jury indictments for war crimes brought against him. You are not hearing anything about it, are you?
2007-12-07 13:31:07 · answer #7 · answered by robert s 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on what they lie to me about. If they told me that Coke does taste better than Pepsi I wouldn't care. If they told me that they were suspending habeous corpus to keep me safe, I would have to revolt.
2007-12-07 13:23:09 · answer #8 · answered by civil_av8r 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
People are stupid, thats why sometimes its right for the government to lie. The tricky part is knowing when it is right and when its wrong. But go back to my first point: people are stupid and can't handle the truth sometimes.
2007-12-07 13:24:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I find that certain people like to say the government lied so they can try to use it as a political tool.
2007-12-07 13:22:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋