04-25-2016, 12:04 PM
(04-25-2016, 11:45 AM)Rotobeast Wrote: You're right......
I'll go tell my 4 year old that Mommy and Daddy were NOT wrestling.
Wish me luck !
I recall a Seinfeld episode with an ugly baby where they described it as one of the many "must lie" situations in life. And maybe mom and dad wrestling is a must lie situation too. And, like "no that dress doesn't make you look fat," perhaps there is no harm in such lies. (Although those forced to look at the woman in the dress four sizes to small may say there is great harm.)
But what about the ones that are not must lie situations? Are we so cavalier with truth that we lie indiscriminately and without cause and with zeal to our children and see no harm in it? If the value we place on truth is so low that this is how we operate it would explain a great deal about our culture (Nixon, Reagan, two Bushes, Bill Clinton, and Fox News) but I would like us to be more honest - no pun intended - about our complete lack of respect for honesty if this is culturally who we are.
JOHN ROBERTS: From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly so that you will come to know the value of justice... I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
