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You could say similar things about political ads. They're mind-games. Do we want to get rid of them too?
by crusso 11y ago
You could say similar things about political ads. They're mind-games. Do we want to get rid of them too?
- TeMPOraL 11y agoABSOLUTELY YES. That we, as a society, allow people deceive us and to lie in our faces, and not only that - we've turned it into an respected occupation - still boggles my mind.
- netheril96 11y agoIn order to ban lies, you need to entrust power in someone else to discern the lies from truth. But that someone else lies too. It is simply intractable. Like the halting problem.
- crusso 11y agoExactly. That's why we opt for free speech. We allow people to lie and attempt to deceive and spin because we know that it's better for citizens to be accustomed to the marketing and somewhat robust against it than to trust some other higher power that can betray the unprotected and unaware masses.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI don't buy it. I think "we" didn't allow a thing, it's just that lying makes money, money gives power, and power can be used to keep your lying legal (and money can be used to make it be perceived as socially acceptable occupation).
- crusso 11y agoAnd how do you get around the problem of who watches the watchers? [edit add: Because I actually don't disagree with anything you said, but the solution you propose never seems to work]
- maerF0x0 11y agothat someone else in our current system are judges. I'm not sure i know of a justice system that doesnt eventually place the burden on a small number of people. AFAIK systems hoping to discern truth eventually require a cannon.