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In reply to the discussion: I am so mad I am shaking [View all]johnlucas
(1,250 posts)It's the internet I know but when it comes to personal accounts either they're TRUE or they're FALSE.
I would rather not be so automatically suspicious of people telling their personal accounts.
If that's the case why read anything?
I have no way surefire way of knowing whether what some anonymous person on the internet talks about is true or not.
So should I automatically discredit every personal account I read & say "You're lying"?
Unlike organized media which have political & financial reasons for lying, regular people only lie to impress or conceal.
Maybe some people write these stories to impress but unless I have significant cause to suspect the story I'll take it at face value.
If it's false, so what? It's a good story that may inspire people to follow in the storyteller's footsteps.
With organized media I have more cause to suspect what I read.
Can't live in a world without trust, spayneuter.
You can easily go through the world mindlessly distrusting everything you see & hear.
But that makes you paranoid.
Trusting is gambling & I played those 50/50 odds & took your story & the original poster's story at face value.
If false, what did I really lose? A few minutes of reading time, big deal.
John Lucas