tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post8101928460058352601..comments2023-10-19T04:46:10.308-05:00Comments on Griper Blade: An Insubstantial 'Truth'Wiscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-77511372566662930592009-11-18T06:55:37.084-06:002009-11-18T06:55:37.084-06:00It is rather interesting for me to read the blog. ...It is rather interesting for me to read the blog. Thanx for it. I like such themes and anything connected to this matter. I would like to read a bit more on that blog soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-25422066784103046892009-11-17T15:52:12.767-06:002009-11-17T15:52:12.767-06:00Outstanding piece, Wisco.
There's no real way...Outstanding piece, Wisco.<br /><br />There's no real way to avoid this abuse of the idea of "truth". People have always done it, and all parties do it now; only a very small minority is really interested in "truth" for its own sake, and they mostly don't take much interest in politics. People who <em>do</em> take an interest in politics know that all truth is relative; even the simplest statement becomes spin, once you use it to try to persuade people of something else.<br /><br />The real problem is the <em>idea</em> of truth, the idea we teach children, which works well enough if your biggest ethical decision is "should I admit I took the cupcake?", but breaks down thereafter. If only more people understood how "truth" works in the grown-up world - which this piece describes well, albeit one-sidedly - then politics could maybe graduate beyond the shouting-head matches you speak of.vethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13376500106064052491noreply@blogger.com