There is no way to "clean up" Twain without doing irreparable harm to the truth of his work.
These guidelines were developed based on research in the field of adoption, showing that children are not harmed by the truth about their genetic origin but by a withholding of the truth, and that children benefit from an open and honest relationship with their parents.
There is no harm in exploring the truth about racism when all moral, scientific, social, historical and genetic evidence demonstrates it to be groundless and ridiculous.
Nevertheless, Ms. Ramsay entertains a "just lie" theory, much like the just war theory, that sets certain criteria for official lying: It should avert a more significant harm than telling the truth, be used as a last resort, and have a reasonable chance of success.
There's no harm in telling us the truth — 'Look, you're an ally but a very disturbing ally.' You have to nip some of these things in the bud".
There's no harm in telling us the truth—'Look, you're an ally but a very disturbing ally.' You have to nip some of these things in the bud".
They claim that they don't want to gut Medicare or harm the vulnerable, but the truth of the matter is, is that you can't meet their own criteria without drastically cutting Medicare or having an impact on Medicaid or affecting our defense spending.
If a subjective opinion can get published, along with a picture showing harm... why does the truth need so many resources, hyperlinks, and get rejected for a marketing piece that just has dollar signs and famous celebrities?
Orwell, of course, often defied such criticism: that to tell the truth would harm the war effort, or harm unity with the part of the so-called left that had tried to kill him in Spain and was busily executing Socialists across Eastern Europe.
The guards had told Mueller that Alkhani would not be harmed if she told the truth.
