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jinx 04-06-2010 08:07 PM

Don't forget that who you know is as/even more important that what you know. I guess that's why people 'network'.

Pie 04-06-2010 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 646454)
It was a lie, just not personal. He didn't know it was a lie, because it was institutionalized.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mirriam-Webster
Entry: lie
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): lied; ly·ing \ˈlī-iŋ\
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lēogan; akin to Old High German liogan to lie, Old Church Slavic lŭgati
Date: before 12th century

intransitive verb 1 : to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive

Emphasis is mine.

You are wrong. My father was not a liar.

TheMercenary 04-06-2010 08:44 PM

So Bush never really lied.

Aliantha 04-06-2010 08:53 PM

I don't think Bush actually had 'intent to confuse' either, but he did. ;)

TheMercenary 04-06-2010 09:20 PM

:D

Bush was a sock puppet.

xoxoxoBruce 04-06-2010 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pie (Post 646494)
You are wrong. My father was not a liar.

I didn't say he was, as a matter of fact I carefully avoided that. This is not about your father, it's about an entire industry run amok. They were selling a lie.

Oxford; noun2 - a situation involving deception or founded on a mistaken impression.

American Heritage: Noun2 - false appearance: a situation based on deception or a false impression

Webster: noun2 - anything that gives or is meant to give a false impression

Spexxvet 04-07-2010 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 646495)
So Bush never really lied.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 646503)
:D

Bush was a sock puppet.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 646501)
Fuck off you idiot. Don't try to redirect the subject. This is not a discussion of the tit suckers...

:D


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