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Originally Posted by Little Linguist
What was deceptive in my post? I talked about a problem, asked if anyone could relate in order to find a solution. 
Perhaps I used the wrong word... |
I'm shocked - you just talked about a problem, asked if anyone could relate in order to find a solution - simple, straightforward - how could anyone think otherwise?
How could anyone think you were deceptive - perhaps you just used the wrong word.
Wow!
You are just a simple, straightforward person - a person evolution has taken billions of years to fit for just for this moment.
Evolution has fitted us to lie from a very early age - in fact the moment a small child discovers they can lie, they are entering into their humanity.
Almost all animals practise deception, from camophlage to elaborate strategies of misdirection and everything in between. And so do we.
Deception works but it has a price, like everything else, and the price is self deception. The easiest way to deceive others is to deceive oneself first.
So you might say that deception is propaganda - and the only sin you can commit in propaganda is to believe your own propaganda. But we all do.
Deception and self deception are part of the human condition.