True Myths And False Lies
True Myths and False Lies Americans are loud. Germans drink lots of beer. Italians are passionate. Chinese eat live baby mice. Every stereotype has a grain of truth --- The Meddlesome Priest Nothing is genuine anymore. Even our fakery is fake. It’s now admired in the mainstream. They call it ‘media’. Myths are facts and facts are lies. Lies are true when they’re false and truth is a myth when it’s false. Take for example the recent ‘fact’ proclaimed from the dais of the O keechobee County Commission meeting recently by commissioner, Bryant Culpepper (third from left below). In answer to the question about how to kill the CORVID-19 virus. “You hold a blow dryer up to your face and you inhale with your nose and it kills all the viruses in your nose.” --- Bryant Cullpepper (source: https://nypost.com/2020/03/23/florida-politician-says-coronavirus-cured-by-blowing-hairdryer-up-nose/ ) Which raises the philosophical question, “Are there grains of truth in a...