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To: BobL

How about we call it “redirecting” your response. Or the ever in vogue “repurposing” your answer. We don’t want to outright call you a liar. LOL!


47 posted on 06/15/2013 9:52:44 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

“How about we call it “redirecting” your response. Or the ever in vogue “repurposing” your answer. We don’t want to outright call you a liar. LOL!”

No, it’s lying. We told our kids that if they want to get a new set of parents, all they have to do is tell some nice adult (cop, teacher, social worker) about how we apply discipline. And to make it clear, we make sure they understand it is FINE TO LIE in those circumstances.

And we tell them what the circumstance may be. A typical scenario is the kid is isolated with the social workers and they tell him that all he has to do is rat out his parents and everything will be JUST FINE. Of course the exact opposite is true - by keeping quiet, he gets his parents back - ratting them out means new mom and new dad. It’s a tough situation for an adult and very tough for a kid, but that is how they must be raised in our Brave New World.


48 posted on 06/15/2013 10:07:05 AM PDT by BobL (To us it's a game, to them it's personal - therefore they win.)
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To: rktman
-- How about we call it "redirecting" your response. Or the ever in vogue "repurposing" your answer. --

Just choose a word to redefine. For example, "guns" is the term for large guns used on naval vessels. I have no guns, and do not have access to any guns. This is how the NSA answers when it is asked about "collecting." It says that possession of information is not collecting, it becomes collecting only when the NSA views the information stored in its warehouse.

Anyway, just be creative in parsing words and sentences. There is no such thing as "too ridiculous."

57 posted on 06/15/2013 2:55:52 PM PDT by Cboldt
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