Mis-truths and avoidance
Politicians tell the community what they want to hear, whether that means stretching the truth or just not mentioning all the facts. It doesn’t really matter what side of politics they are on, all do it to some degree. We teach our children not to lie, to be honest — however as adults it is done without much thought and appears to be acceptable. As I try and avoid the current election in Australia I can’t help but hear those mistruths on such topics as population, immigration, debt, families and the list goes on. In some ways truth gets in the way of creating fear in the community — a fear that perhaps wasn’t really there in the first place. The one we are hearing at the moment is being swamped by boat people (illegal arrivals). It doesn't take very long before fear is created when one party keeps on repeating the message "stop the boats". In fact it is quite scary that we are so easily convinced. without any facts You would think that 100...