Re: Should lying be a crime?
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Originally Posted by Strengthandhonour
Absolutely not.
Lying is a part of us..it's part of being human. It's impossible not to lie. We can try not to lie, but sometimes we just have that desire to do so.
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I don't think that a desire to lie is enough to justify it.
I don't think it's acceptable, just not severe enough to be treated as a crime.
However, I think certain positions of powers in society such as politicians, lying can be treated as a crime.
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While the rest of mankind seeks for the sake of finding and of knowing, the Westerner of today seeks for the sake of seeking; the Gospel saying, 'Seek and ye shall find,' is a dead letter for him, in the full force of this phrase, since he calls 'death' anything and everything that constitutes a definite finality, just as he gives the name 'life' to what is no more than fruitless agitation.
René Guénon, East and West
Last edited by Strengthandhonour; Sunday, February 24th, 2008 at 21:30.
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