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<blockquote data-quote="DreadPirateMurphy" data-source="post: 4830557" data-attributes="member: 20715"><p>To play devil's advocate, I'll point out the following.</p><p></p><p>1) The replayed tape is often taken out of context.</p><p>2) Different listeners perceive what is said in different ways -- the phrase "borderline offensive" is used for a statement that is plausibly but not absolutely offensive.</p><p>3) We don't always say what we mean, and as we think through our positions, our memories of previous statements can get distorted. It is hard to tell deliberate dishonesty apart from an honest mistake.</p><p>4) Even in the age of 24-7 news channels and twitter, the vast majority of things said out loud are never recorded or made public.</p><p></p><p>Let me use an example that is far removed from present-day politics. There are popular conceptions about the Founding Fathers of the United States. There are things we learn in history class or see on television. Anybody interested in that period in history should take a look at a copy of <u>Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation</u> by Joseph Ellis. He used massive amounts of research to attempt to construct portraits of people like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington as human beings. It is fascinating reading, and it shows how 200 years after the fact, we're still coming up with new interpretations.</p><p></p><p>I really believe that in 200 years, there will be similar reinterpretations and conflicting opinions about modern public figures, and copious amounts of recorded materials will probably make the job HARDER, not easier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DreadPirateMurphy, post: 4830557, member: 20715"] To play devil's advocate, I'll point out the following. 1) The replayed tape is often taken out of context. 2) Different listeners perceive what is said in different ways -- the phrase "borderline offensive" is used for a statement that is plausibly but not absolutely offensive. 3) We don't always say what we mean, and as we think through our positions, our memories of previous statements can get distorted. It is hard to tell deliberate dishonesty apart from an honest mistake. 4) Even in the age of 24-7 news channels and twitter, the vast majority of things said out loud are never recorded or made public. Let me use an example that is far removed from present-day politics. There are popular conceptions about the Founding Fathers of the United States. There are things we learn in history class or see on television. Anybody interested in that period in history should take a look at a copy of [U]Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation[/U] by Joseph Ellis. He used massive amounts of research to attempt to construct portraits of people like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington as human beings. It is fascinating reading, and it shows how 200 years after the fact, we're still coming up with new interpretations. I really believe that in 200 years, there will be similar reinterpretations and conflicting opinions about modern public figures, and copious amounts of recorded materials will probably make the job HARDER, not easier. [/QUOTE]
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