November 7th, 2009 What is Truth?
Have you ever thought about how rare truth is today? It’s almost like it’s gone out of fashion. And I don’t mean just by con artists and other professional liars.
Advertisers stretch the truth, manipulate statistics and out-right LIE to sell products.
Artists “touch up” photos of movie stars and models to make them look better.
News agencies purposefully put spin on subjects and events to influence the public.
People create and send around fake emails so much that most people immediately suspect any “canned” email they receive.
Politicians promise what they know they cannot accomplish just to win votes from the ignorant.
Yet we still try to teach our children to tell the truth. It’s really an uphill battle.
If George Washington’s “cherry tree” incident happened today, I suppose the tot would lisp “Father, I cannot tell a lie….but I can certainly put a positive spin on it.”
Then again, the whole cherry-tree thing may not be the truth, either. You can’t win for losing.
