Comments on: Can you stretch the truth to make your point?

By: Arthur Lipper

Arthur Lipper — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:29:48 +0000

Many years ago I required that those pitching me verbally, or through an offering document, highligh statements of fact, for which they would be personally
libel and possibly penalized if I suffered any loss, or by my rejecting the deal if the “facts” were found to be wrong.

They were not to be held libel for inaccurate statements of opinion, if noted as such.

It will not surprise that there were few highlit facts, relative to the number of opinions.

There is never justification for knowingly lying. This should be taught at an early age.

By: John T Armstrong

John T Armstrong — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:16:34 +0000

IF ONLY
If only your wisdom could also reach the ears of everyone who re-posts something that seems to support their local world view without becoming intimate with the source.
You ask, “What are the risks when there is no authority?”
The use of ‘authority’ in that way opened a door.
Doesn’t “Author-ity” mean from the author? If so, I agree – and the issue of re-posts goes away – we might only need a generational number attached to indicate how far what we are reading is separated from the author. Of course, Authority has other nuances.