Maggie's Farm

I thought that was an uninformative, even naive worthless presentation.

answers depend on (1) are you entitled to the trvth and (2) what's really being asked.

1a. in all negotiations, to a greater or less extent, each side has to do its own due diligence. sometimes disclosures have to be made, but often there's a disclaimer that one side is not relying on statements of the other. this varies considerably.

1b. in a poker game, every bet, check, raise, check raise, semi-bluff, bluff or verbal statement can and should be deceptive, because the only time a player is entitled to the trvth is if you pay off the winner on a river showdown. but why would anyone think this is lying with all its bad connotations?

1c. Hans Landa is hunting Jews in occupied Europe. a deceptive answer to the question, "are you hiding Jews" (e.g., a flat out, totally deceptive "no") is not a lie because the nazis aren't entitled to the truth. moreover, giving up Anne Frank compounds the sin of Jew hunting with the stain on the soul of her to-be murderer.

2. any husband married longer than a year has to know from the context what wife is really asking when she wants to know if she looks fat in this dress and answer accordingly.

tell the trvth or you can't stay up and read MF.