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From: billp@azure.UUCP (Bill Pfeifer)
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics
Subject: Re: Do Russians ALWAYS lie?
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Date: Wed, 4-Apr-84 12:09:32 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  4 12:09:32 1984
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No, the soviet government NEVER lies.  It's a matter of definitions.

We define truth:
The property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality.
(Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary)

Socialists have a different definition, that's all.
Their definition of truth is something like:
Anything that aids the advance of socialism.

Many years back a chief propaganda writer defected from East Germany to the
West.  He was shown on West German TV in a series of interviews, where
he explained this and other definitions.  He emphasized that this is not
meant tongue-in-cheek, but is officially taught to those who are responsible
for managing the news and propaganda.
After many years of working with this definition, one truly believes it.

That's why the Soviets reacted so angrily to Reagan's accusations.  By saying
that they lied, he accused them, to their definition of truth, of deliberately
telling stories that retarded the advance of socialism,  which most certainly
is not true (by our or their definition).

	Bill Pfeifer
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