Klarinet Archive - Posting 000049.txt from 2000/07

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] A review
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 10:45:20 -0400

On Fri, 30 Jun 2000 webler@-----.net wrote:

> What we call education today is often nothing more than lying to our
> children, while at the same time we think were telling them the truth.

Since lying is by definition an intentional act, then "lying" and
"thinking we are telling the truth" are mutually exclusive concepts.
Thus, the statement above is one of those which sounds as though it ought
to hold a lot of meaning. However, it doesn't hold up to closer scrutiny.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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