Mr Straw insisted that he respected those who wear the veil and would never demand it was removed, but added that in conversation it was important to “not only hear what people say but see what they mean”. […]
Guardian

This is the most fascinating part.

According to Jack “Straw Man” Straw, you cannot tell what someone means by their words alone, because people lie, and the only way to REALLY know what people are saying is to use the secondary clues and cues that the human face give off involuntarily. In other words, the only way to know if what someone is saying is true is to put them on a lie detector, wether it be a passive one (looking into someone’s eyes) or an active one (an electronic device).

Of course, Jack is projecting his own lie centered ‘no one can be trusted’ paternalist mentality onto his constituents. He thinks that he needs to see their faces and not just hear their words because he himself is a habitual liar, and he uses words to obscure the truth, not to convey meaning.

This entry was posted on Friday, October 6th, 2006 at 1:16 pm and is filed under Politricks.