[ Feel better, Gil, you're talking to a guy who wears a mask and goes by Awesome McFakename; Rau really has no basis to be talking shit on this subject. ]
That makes it harder to detect, certainly. If a person takes "I sharpen the sword because an attack is conceivable" and says instead "I sharpen the sword because an attack is possible," no one will really call him a liar -- not even himself. And no one will argue the next day when "possible" becomes "probable," or the day after that when "probable" becomes "likely," or the day after that when "likely" becomes "imminent." And by the time he has struck the first blow in "self-defense," who wants to remember that conflict was not always inevitable?
I would, because it's fascinating. [ A smile here, people are just the best at being the worst. ] Perhaps you would, to be self-assured about creating a new and useful truth.
[ Rau withdraws his fingers from the chess piece. ]
I suspect Lacus Clyne would remember; she spent a rather long time playing at being ornamental without forgetting the power she held. But for the rest... [ Another small wave of the hand at the various chess pieces. ] It's very tempting to believe a comfortable lie.
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That makes it harder to detect, certainly. If a person takes "I sharpen the sword because an attack is conceivable" and says instead "I sharpen the sword because an attack is possible," no one will really call him a liar -- not even himself. And no one will argue the next day when "possible" becomes "probable," or the day after that when "probable" becomes "likely," or the day after that when "likely" becomes "imminent." And by the time he has struck the first blow in "self-defense," who wants to remember that conflict was not always inevitable?
I would, because it's fascinating. [ A smile here, people are just the best at being the worst. ] Perhaps you would, to be self-assured about creating a new and useful truth.
[ Rau withdraws his fingers from the chess piece. ]
I suspect Lacus Clyne would remember; she spent a rather long time playing at being ornamental without forgetting the power she held. But for the rest... [ Another small wave of the hand at the various chess pieces. ] It's very tempting to believe a comfortable lie.