Re: When should lying be tolerated by the government?
To discuss the actual question [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]:
Lying is necessary, especially in foreign policy. All the quarrels/shouting at international meetings, border incidents etc. is systematically downplayed to avoid conflicts or escalation of conflicts. I.e. during the Cold War, a Russian soldier fired shots when standing on Norwegian soil. It was an invasion and should have meant that NATO and Russia would be at war. Systematically denieing all such reports and claiming to have good border cooperation was much more sensible.
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