April 30, 2002
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i wonder what it would be like if there was a truth day...and that everyone was unable to tell lies, dodge questions, avoid answering or otherwise escape the truth, if just for one day. just one day where you could know what was said was true, what people felt was true, what was being done was true. they say the truth can set you free? but what if you couldn't even say a white lie? what would we do? social conventions would be gone...but no one could backbite, no one could gossip, no one could hide how they felt from you...all would be in the open and everyone would be exposed.
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It's interesting that you say this, because last year for my history of ethics course we had to perform an experiment where we sincerely attempted to tell the truth all the time for three days. Fortunately, I did mine on Easter weekend, so it wasn't too difficult, as I hung around here and hardly anybody was here. Although, I did notice that I intentionally tried to avoid people, so that I wouldn't get myself into any awkward situations.
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