Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] is it possible to define "a lie"?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> Let me say one more thing.  The allegations of sexual harrassment are 
> potentially huge.  Either Bill is a total obnoxious sleazeball, or the 
> woman accusing him is a total obnoxious sleazeball.  At least one of 
> those two has to be true.  But which?  Right now there simply isn't any 
> way to tell.  But if the truth ever really does come out, I am going to 
> be very angry at one of them.  But I cannot be angry at either of them 
> now, because I could so easily be angry at an innocent person.

I suppose I'll never know what really happened, but I feel pretty sure 
that O'Reilly did many of the things he was accused of doing.  It's just 
not the kind of thing you can let go if you are totally innocent.  On the 
other hand, I don't know what Mackris was like while these things were 
happening.  It's hard to imagine any man going on and on with all the sex 
talk if he was getting absolutely no encouragement in return.  So let's 
say that he was getting such encouragement.  Well, she wouldn't have tape 
recorded that.  So O'Reilly was stuck.

The moral is the same for O'Reilly as for Clinton and any other man in a 
position of power.  If he cheats on his spouse or talks about sex with 
another woman, he is taking a huge risk with his career, with his money 
and with his marriage.  Even ignoring the moral issue, it's just a really 
bad idea.

Mike

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