Reply #125: "insure that you and I never quite hear the truth as it really is."

[Boojatta]

If we never hear the truth, then how do we know that what we hear is never the truth? If we personally investigate, then can we interview anyone or rely on any documents?

It's possible to influence people without misleading them.

If the Chinese government employs people to read messages posted on the internet by ordinary Chinese citizens, then it doesn't seem paranoid to suppose that they might also employ people to influence major media companies in the Western world. I would think that some effort to monitor and even counteract that kind of thing can be perfectly legitimate.

You know that governments around the world make or buy guns, bombs, etc. designed for use against human beings rather than for use against dinosaurs that have escaped from parks, right? Surely it's less sinister to find ways to resolve conflicts with words than to get involved in armed hostilities, no?