Archive for June, 2009

The Fine Print


2009
06.27

“If it looks to good to be true, it probably is. ” — unknown

Within the past couple decades, this nation went through a Truth In Advertising phase.  It became illegal to have a “going out of business” sale, for example, unless you were really going out of business.  (Then again, Tide has been “New” and “Improved” for decades, too.  I hope I’m not buying  used laundry detergent!)  Through the years since that renaissance, though, it seems that war was subtly lost to dishonesty.  We’ve gotten used to there being small print, excuses, caveats, and other legalese names to sugar-coat what amounts, quite simply, to a lie.

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