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Do you think that it is ok to lie if it push's your agenda forward? IE win at any cost except break the law?
Yes. But the punishment for getting caught lying should be severe.
Do you think that it is ok to lie if it push's your agenda forward? IE win at any cost except break the law?
Yes. But the punishment for getting caught lying should be severe.
Bottom line, they ALL lie to get elected and they all spin to push what they want...and they are all wrong for doing it and it most always gets exposed in the long run.
So in other words you cannot be trusted. I had you pegged as a man of your word and not a liar.
I am a man of my word. I benefit more from people being able to trust me than I would from almost any lie I could tell.
But it's also important for people to trust me to lie for them when it's necessary.
What, are you a lawyer?
Do you think that it is ok to lie if it push's your agenda forward? IE win at any cost except break the law?
This might seem wrong to you, but I think it depends on whether the end justifies the means. If you achieve the end, and it does justify the means, then okay. However, if it doesn't you should be punished.
Not the best point of view, but its what I think.
I never cared for the "ends justify the means" arguement. I'm sure that Hitler or the 9/11 terrorists thought that thier acts were justifiable also. I'm sure that if Hitler had won instead of the Allied Forces then all of our "history" books would be saying that what happened was "necessary".
IMO if something is actually worth getting then getting it properly is the best way.
That is not a viable or repliable question in the essence that there are too many extraneous variables, the most inconspicuous being the problem or fact of what the agenda is and who is pushing.