Comments on: How Not To Lie http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/ Liberty, if it means anything, is the right to tell people what they don't want to hear Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:30:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Redgown http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-252338 Redgown Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:40:36 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/#comment-252338 Alas, the old red gown yielded to moth and anno domini long before now but, yes, it did have a raisin string when it existed. I confess I can't see what makes the alias modish as opposed to simply [ex-] descriptive. And I, too, rejoice in internationalism, these days through my anarcho-syndicalist affinity group.... Alas, the old red gown yielded to moth and anno domini long before now but, yes, it did have a raisin string when it existed. I confess I can’t see what makes the alias modish as opposed to simply [ex-] descriptive. And I, too, rejoice in internationalism, these days through my anarcho-syndicalist affinity group….

]]> By: Venichka http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-250994 Venichka Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:30:12 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/#comment-250994 LOL Redgown (I know people who wear redgowns - and may I ask, on both shoulders? just one? or pushed back? with or without a raisin string? - don't generally use such modish abbreviations), but still. - - You have no idea how impressed I was, living in Kielce, Poland ( a beautiful but otherwise thoroughly horrible and vicious place), to hear the Gaudeamus as the theme tune to a programme for students on a local radio station. Common European identity or something. 1411! The Pope in Avignon! LOL Redgown (I know people who wear redgowns – and may I ask, on both shoulders? just one? or pushed back? with or without a raisin string? – don’t generally use such modish abbreviations), but still. – - You have no idea how impressed I was, living in Kielce, Poland ( a beautiful but otherwise thoroughly horrible and vicious place), to hear the Gaudeamus as the theme tune to a programme for students on a local radio station. Common European identity or something. 1411! The Pope in Avignon!

]]> By: Redgown http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-250921 Redgown Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:19:37 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/#comment-250921 Some Latin documentation in my academic experience had to contain an error, Raisin receipts for example. But I can't imagine the Iranian bloke being asked to sing the 'Gaudeamus Igitur' as a consequence....Perhaps he wishes that was all he had to do. Some Latin documentation in my academic experience had to contain an error, Raisin receipts for example. But I can’t imagine the Iranian bloke being asked to sing the ‘Gaudeamus Igitur’ as a consequence….Perhaps he wishes that was all he had to do.

]]> By: MITNAGED http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-250882 MITNAGED Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:09:16 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/#comment-250882 I know that Iranians are not Arabs but is this another example of what Tarek Heggy calls "big talk syndrome", an unfortunate tendency to be fooled by their own rhetoric? I am also reminded of "Comical Ali" in Iraq, who insisted that Iraq was winning the war even as American tanks appeared in the background. I know that Iranians are not Arabs but is this another example of what Tarek Heggy calls “big talk syndrome”, an unfortunate tendency to be fooled by their own rhetoric?

I am also reminded of “Comical Ali” in Iraq, who insisted that Iraq was winning the war even as American tanks appeared in the background.

]]> By: Nearly Oxfordian http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-250807 Nearly Oxfordian Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:58:41 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/#comment-250807 alembic, lying is OK in some cultures as long as you don't get caught ... alembic, lying is OK in some cultures as long as you don’t get caught …

]]> By: Venichka http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-250767 Venichka Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:29:39 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/#comment-250767 I imagine it's addressed at whomsoever thought it would be a jolly jape to rename "The Polytechnic of David T" as "The University of Harry's Place". As such, the slight is well deserved. I imagine it’s addressed at whomsoever thought it would be a jolly jape to rename “The Polytechnic of David T” as “The University of Harry’s Place”. As such, the slight is well deserved.

]]> By: KB Player http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-250711 KB Player Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:43:49 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/#comment-250711 "wankus pretentionus" If that's addressed to Venichka it should be "wanke pretentione" “wankus pretentionus”

If that’s addressed to Venichka it should be “wanke pretentione”

]]> By: alembic http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-250708 alembic Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:39:48 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/#comment-250708 not really strange, david t. muslims may not approve of fraud or being fooled or having their institutions brought into disrepute, but do seem unworried about lying itself, or telling lies that no one is ever going to believe, often in contexts (such as in court) where others might think you should not be seen to be lying. i have wondered whether, because there is a measure of agreement that lying to kuffrs is ok, lying has become more a political than an ethical matter for muslims. the argument that it was ok because it happened when Kordan was not in office may illustrate this distinction. not really strange, david t. muslims may not approve of fraud or being fooled or having their institutions brought into disrepute, but do seem unworried about lying itself, or telling lies that no one is ever going to believe, often in contexts (such as in court) where others might think you should not be seen to be lying. i have wondered whether, because there is a measure of agreement that lying to kuffrs is ok, lying has become more a political than an ethical matter for muslims. the argument that it was ok because it happened when Kordan was not in office may illustrate this distinction.

]]> By: Greg http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-250652 Greg Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:37:53 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/#comment-250652 <i>id est quondam politechnicus in nomine davidi T</i> wankus pretentionus. id est quondam politechnicus in nomine davidi T

wankus pretentionus.

]]> By: Venichka http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-250632 Venichka Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:11:44 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/04/how-not-to-lie/#comment-250632 <i>universitatis domi haroldi</i> id est quondam politechnicus in nomine davidi T universitatis domi haroldi

id est quondam politechnicus in nomine davidi T

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