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Review title: Self serving, shallow
Product review: Of course, there is utility value in the practice of lying. Everyone knows that, especially children who have not yet learned they are not the only one on the planet, and their self serving rationalizations for not telling the truth are subscribed to by few. The author seems to think that applying moronic wit to the lies he perceives as being all around him somehow makes them OK, harmless, even essential in the functioning of society. This point of view, based on a level somewhere between an elementary school playground and a middle school boy's locker room, is disturbing, particularly coming from an educator. The alternative view, and, to (hopefully) most of us, is that those who trumpet dishonesty are best paid no mind.
