When should lying be tolerated by the government?

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I suspect that for the vast majority of people, the test is "when my side is in power, any lie by the government is justified because they know best, and when the other side is in power, any lie should be punishiable by firing squad because those people are evil". See, e.g., any Felix, BGC or El Barto post.

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I agree with what I think is your intent: "Depends on who's ox is getting gored."

I'm not so sure about the "vast majority" part. If GWB is knowingly lying about Iraq he deserves a nut-kicking. I know a lot of his supporters agree. If he's just been mis-led and he's covering that up, it's nut-kicking time and I'm not alone there, either. (Iraq is just one example) The firing squad part might be just a tad extreme.

I wish your "list of 3" had included the Democrat sycophants running around this forum. Come on, Elliot, fair is fair. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]