What Good would it DO?

[Werewolf]

I read something today...

A statement relating to the main stream media.

"What good would it do to tell someone who is lying and knows they are lying that they ought to tell the truth?"

The statement has a ring of truth about it that is disturbing - to me at least.

The ramifications of the MSM lying and knowing it is lying go far beyond the statement being a simple homily and bodes an ill future none would like to think about.

Except I read it and can't unread it...

AND NOW so have YOU!

[SADShooter]

No, I haven't. 

[vaskidmark]

What asking the question does is make you feel miserable, helpless and hopeless.

There is no need to put some drug into the drinking water - the masses do not want to be bothered thinking about anything except when their favorite tv show comes on.  It's easier to go along with the flow than to buck the tide, unless you are getting smashed against the rocks, in which case you are dying and thus have no need to care either.

Now, if you want to focus on a single individual and try to change their ways, you have a chance of succeeding.

Go read the tale of Demosthenes.  Or maybe The Emperor's New Clothes.

stay safe.

skidmark

[Fly320s]

"What good would it do to tell someone who is lying and knows they are lying that they ought to tell the truth?"

Because that is the first step in correcting bad behavior.  Step 2, in the case of any employee of any company, should be immediate termination.

Words don't change behavior; threating a person's particular interests will.

[Werewolf]

Because that is the first step in correcting bad behavior.  Step 2, in the case of any employee of any company, should be immediate termination.

Words don't change behavior; threating a person's particular interests will.

Very True...

If one is speaking of an individual

But the quote in question references an entire industry.

[Fly320s]

Ah, yes, well there is that aspect. 

I'll work on my reading comprehension skills.

[Standing Wolf]

I learned the hard way trying to reason with deliberate liars is a lot like trying to reason with concrete sidewalks; the difference is sidewalks are useful.