On 02/06/05, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Melinda Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cecil Pinto wrote: > > "I would like though to examine the concept of > telling 'white lies' to children. I have occasionally > had to take recourse to such white lies and feel > guilty about not having a better solution.
> > Mario opines: > I will let other Goanet philosophers comment on the > curious color identification of "white" lies as OK and > "black" lies as bad,................ Response; That is being prejudiced, black lies are acceptable white lies are not and should not be tolerated. > > BTW, I'd like to hear from Goanetters who have grown > up to be psychological basket cases because they > learned at about seven or eight years of age that > their parents had "lied" to them about Santa Claus. Response: Santa Claus is alive and well, last Christmas I wrote him a letter and got a reply. For those that want to write to him the address is: Santa Clause. North Pole. Norway. http://www.santaclausonline.com/ -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England
