07-27-2009, 02:35 PM
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Manwhore
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Pacific Northwest
Posts: 15,495
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Originally Posted by jseal
Aqua,
Are you suggesting that what someone considers propaganda cannot be considered useful information by another? You have already agreed that one’s POV can influence one’s assessment.
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Depends on how you define useful. Some might define an outright lie as useful if it will coerce someone into voting a specific way, subscribing to a specific belief or getting a signature on a petition.
I'm sure there are some that would consider such information useful indeed.
I do not.
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