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    Default The Truth!

    I'd love to make it illegal to lie, prevaricate, obfuscate, exaggerate or mislead in any way.

    Can you imagine how our politicians and public bodies would cope with that? And advertisers and manufacturers would have to do a major rethink with hype and fancy terms being banned.

    For instance, does the average female shopper actually know why 'Ginkgo Biloba' is a good thing in cosmetics and shampoos? Of course not, it's misleading hype.

    And when it comes to cars and fuels, well there's a whole quagmire of advertising tripe!

    You could spend a lifetime digging out all the dishonesty.

    I can't see a real downside to the truth though .
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    I totally agree!

    Didn’t Jim Carey make a comedy film about this?

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    The HiFi industry would go bust overnight if they told the truth.
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    but what about white lies?? Ginkgo Biloba does very little good afaik. might even be harmful
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    but what about white lies?
    White lies are told by those who think others can't handle the truth.

    I can't think of any situation where I'd want to be lied to.

    In the case of a dying child.....maybe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    but what about white lies?? Ginkgo Biloba does very little good afaik. might even be harmful
    Holland & Barrett is full of stuff like that - expensive extracts and oils etc., which probably do very little good and possibly, if used too much, will do harm.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stryder5 View Post
    I totally agree!

    Didn’t Jim Carey make a comedy film about this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    I co-starred with Carrey in that film, and got paid more than him too
    No you didn't - I was the producer of the film, so would know.
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    I personally can't be doing with people who lie, I have no time for them. Being truthful is so easy, doesn't require any training, and makes life so much less complicated.
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    but what about white lies?? Ginkgo Biloba does very little good afaik. might even be harmful
    Yeah but he was good in the Rocky films
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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