"If the conditions at a certain time are such that almost everyone knows privately that the whole thing is wrong, is untrue, while no one will say so officially; when the tactic used by the leaders is: Let us simply hold on, behave as though nothing had happened, answer every attack with silence, because we ourselves know only too well that everytning is rotten, that we are playing false: then in that case the conditions are eo ipso condemned, and they will crash. Just as one says that death has marked a man, so we recognize the symptoms which unquestionably demand to be attacked. It is a battle against lies." --Soren Kierkegaard

-- Puddintame (achillesg@hotmail.com), May 09, 1999

Answers

Exactly.

-- BigDog (BigDog@duffer.com), May 09, 1999.

And, it's a battle we choose not to ignore.

~C~

-- Critt Jarvis (middleground@critt.com), May 09, 1999.

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts." -Abraham Lincoln

In some ways, our situation is not unprecedented.

-- Puddintame (achillesg@hotmail.com), May 09, 1999.

Portnoy Kierkegaard is correct here.

-- humpty (no.6@thevillage.com), May 10, 1999.