I read that earlier today. I took note of the fact that the only reason we now know this about Mark is that he admitted it. These are things he did a long time ago, and which he now admits are wrong. It’s possible for people to grow and change. I hope he has done so, and it appears he has.
However, cheating on an exam is not in the same league as pretending to the world he had a brother he never had. He’s owned up to his wrongdoing in the cheating case. For a permanent lie/deception there is no similar confession. If there were actual evidence that he’s lying about David: i.e.: if a person had been located who knew the family back in the late sixties, seventies and/or eighties, and who claimed Mark never had such a brother, then it would be Mark’s word [and A LOT of other people’s word] against that lone voice. If more than one person were found, it would certainly begin to look as if a deception had occurred [even the Bible says a lone accuser is not enough; two or three witnesses is required]. So far there has been no one, not a single, solitary person stepping forward to dispute David’s life and death.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2465278/posts?page=823#823
Come on now, give it your best shot. If you try really hard, you’ll find that elusive child. If you shy away from it, you’re just not serious and all the blah blah isn’t worth the time it takes to read it.
You make good points regarding Mark. He has owned up to it.
That is more than can be said for his half brother 0.
When has 0 ever owned up to cheating; what status did he claim in order to go to school, such as foreign student (recall the Bio given to literary agent; claimed born in Kenya).
That’s just one area for starters.
Not to mention the autobiography and memoir ( written BEFORE becoming famous, I might add) that wasn’t really written by him.
0 is a cheat and a liar who wouldn’t admit to any wrongdoing even if someone got all in his face about it.