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Re:The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School by zeteo on Sunday October 02, 2011 @10:20PM (#3064738)
No, I'm not purporting that "falsehood is never wrong" (you meant "never right", I suppose). In context, I was talking about falsification of records with an intention to obtain educational benefits otherwise disallowed.
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Re:The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School by wnight on Monday October 03, 2011 @12:17AM (#3065027)
So falsehood is okay when midwives save infants' lives, but not when teachers educate them?
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Re:The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School by zeteo on Monday October 03, 2011 @12:41AM (#3065081)
It's not OK to falsify records in order to get into a better school without paying extra; look at the original post, that's what the argument was about. Taking a subsequent phrase out of context and stretching it to bring in baby killing is not exactly adding to the conversation.
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Re:The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School by timtadh on Monday October 03, 2011 @01:54AM (#3065231)
Agreed. I used the passage not to equate the two but to illustrate moral issues are not always straight forward. I personally am not sure that lying your way to a better school is the right approach.
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