tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post115516063848918027..comments2023-06-10T01:21:26.805-08:00Comments on The World According to Pooh: Asshole of the Week: Editorial DirectionPoohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10088628100700088755noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post-1155237653047869002006-08-10T11:20:00.000-08:002006-08-10T11:20:00.000-08:00Daryl, thanks for stopping by."Truth-Slaughter" is...Daryl, thanks for stopping by.<BR/><BR/>"Truth-Slaughter" is excellent, I might use that one myself sometime.Poohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088628100700088755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post-1155236673995757792006-08-10T11:04:00.000-08:002006-08-10T11:04:00.000-08:00I quoted extensively from Frankfurt's "On Bullshit...<I>I quoted extensively from Frankfurt's "On Bullshit", wherein he noted that the greatest enemy of truth is not the lie but the indifference towards truth...</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, I always hate it when politicians or pundits say something intentionally misleading, and then defend themselves by saying "Well, technically, what I said was correct..."<BR/><BR/>A few years back, I proposed the term "truth-slaughter" to describe such situations. Truth-slaughter is to lying as manslaughter is to murder: The distinction might make a difference in legal culpability, but in either case, the victim is just as dead...Daryl McCulloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479156816952389332noreply@blogger.com