Monday, September 11, 2006
So I bought a new scales. Yes, I know Jim had forbidden the purchase but he knew as he said it that I'd ignore the prohibition so surely that doesn't count.
Question: if someone tells you a lie but you know they are lying and they know you know they are lying, does it really count as a lie? For example, when the uni authorities swore that they would build our department a brand new customized classroom block in a central location no one believed them for an instant. They repeated the lie regularly for ten years and failed to gain a single convert. Now, finally, push has come to shove and they've had to admit that, alas, they are NOT in fact going to do anything of the sort. Instead, they are going to close us down coz it's cheaper and less trouble. Do we have the right to call them liars when nobody ever believed a word they said in the first place? Perhaps I'll have more time for philosophy in January when I'm unemployed.
The new scales weighs me at one and half kilos lighter than the old one. It was worth the expense for that alone but, no, I didn't get one with bells and whistles. All this one does is (silently) record the kilos.
Current weight: 77.8 kg
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Question: if someone tells you a lie but you know they are lying and they know you know they are lying, does it really count as a lie? For example, when the uni authorities swore that they would build our department a brand new customized classroom block in a central location no one believed them for an instant. They repeated the lie regularly for ten years and failed to gain a single convert. Now, finally, push has come to shove and they've had to admit that, alas, they are NOT in fact going to do anything of the sort. Instead, they are going to close us down coz it's cheaper and less trouble. Do we have the right to call them liars when nobody ever believed a word they said in the first place? Perhaps I'll have more time for philosophy in January when I'm unemployed.
The new scales weighs me at one and half kilos lighter than the old one. It was worth the expense for that alone but, no, I didn't get one with bells and whistles. All this one does is (silently) record the kilos.
Current weight: 77.8 kg
