All of us exaggerate. Well, I guess that statement is an exaggeration in itself. Better said, most of us exaggerate from time to time.
It's hard not to fall into exaggeration when we are passionately trying to put our point across.
On occasion a lie may even slip our lips.
Best example of the use and abuse of exaggeration is our politicians and how often they twist and exaggerate to put their point across.
Exaggeration isn't quite lying, but it comes close. Of course we know politicians don't lie, they simply "miss-speak!"
Take our politicians reckless and often irresponsible use of statistics, surveys, polls and studies ... the constant drum-beat of...
"America says... " or "Our people demand that..." or "The latest poll indicates... " or "Statistics say..." or ... "ad nauseam."
For some reason "statistics, polls and studies," are a trinity of sacred words; never expected to be questioned ... and these so called "statistics" carry a powerful punch of authority!
Our politicians toss these figures around like "divine" set of loaded dice on the dirty table of deception.
Without doubt there are those who are Believers in our system ... but just as surely, there are the millions of us who are rapidly becoming unbelievers ... those of us who dare to doubt!
