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I didn't interpret king_magic's comment in the way that it was deceitfully dishonest, but that it was dishonest in that it lacked date. As in, that it is inhere
by markild 10y ago
I didn't interpret king_magic's comment in the way that it was deceitfully dishonest, but that it was dishonest in that it lacked date. As in, that it is inherently dishonest not to publish with a date, and there doesn't necessarily have to be a dishonest intent behind it.
- pliny 10y agoHonesty is a function of intent (being honest means acting in good faith), so "unintentionally dishonest" is an oxymoron. Perhaps GP meant "misleading", but he said "dishonest" which implies intent to deceive.
- joslin01 10y agoI'm with you, but there's phrases like "intellectually dishonest", where "dishonest" doesn't imply deception as much as just a character flaw in the author where they're being unintentionally dishonest by favoring their own ideas for example. As the OP mentions, context matters and the word dishonesty has a few bends to it depending upon the situation or phrase.
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