Techical Foul-Ejection

[Raymond]

Can't we all just learn the subtleties of being disingenuous?

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Can't we all just learn the subtleties of being disingenuous?

The trick is to learn the art of "defining" terms. Ms. Manners says that all brides and all babies are by definition beautiful. It's not lying to tell your boss, your sister or your next-door neighbor's cousin that their baby is beautiful, even if both the babies eyes are different colors and her nose has a huge pimple on one side (ditto any bride). It's not a lie because by definition of being a baby, or a bride that person is beautiful. It's a very useful skill.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Ms. Manners says that all brides and all babies are by definition beautiful.

Ms. Manners can bite me.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Can't we all just learn the subtleties of being disingenuous?

I prefer to think of it as creative truth telling.

Some prefer to live by the notion that truth defines a universal absolute and inflexible reality...(except when their daughters or certain embarrasing senate votes are involved of course...edit to include ugly brides and malformed babies)