05-September-2004, 03:59 AM
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Originally Posted by SpitfireIX
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Originally Posted by JonClarke
It's not quite that simple. Governments are corporate bodies of people who make policy. Those policies can and do constrain what can and cannot be said by both the decision makers and their servants. Therefore a government, or government organ can be said to lie if there has been a policy decision to do so.
But isn't this getting dangerously close to the "no politics rule?
Cheers
Jon
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There's no "no politics rule;" politics can be discussed as long as the other rules of the BABB are observed--no bad language or name-calling, and must be relevant to the forum in question. Space history and current space policy are closely linked to many political issues in several different countries. |
I would suggest that you read this thread closely
http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=16099
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