Reply #76: can I play?

[iverglas]

Which one is the odd one out?


A. terra alerts
B. Iraq has WMD
C. Big Dog "didn't have sexual relations with that woman"
D. Reagan "had no idea" the Iran/Contra thing was happening under his nose
E. global warming "isn't backed by hard science"
F. ketchup is a vegetable

C'mon, you can do it. I did it without hardly exercising a brain muscle.

Column 1: those things about which it matters whether government can be trusted to tell the truth

Column 2: those things about which it doesn't matter whether government can be trusted to tell the truth

In my own personal column #1, I would place:

- the non-existence of a serious threat of a violent attack on the public
- the non-existence of dangerous weapons in the hands of an unpredictable/evil powerful person
- the knowledge of a head of state about the actions by his/her subordinates that are illegal and dangerous
- the existence of a serious threat of environmental disaster
- the absence of nutritional value of the food distributed to people in need

In my own personal column #2, I would place:

- the sexual activities of an individual


Now, here's the funny coincidence.

The things about which a government or head of state of the US has, shall we say, been less than frank also line up like this:

Column 1: things about which a Republican govt/head of state of the US has been less than frank

Column 2: things about which a Democratic govt/head of state of the US has been less than frank

Isn't that just bloody amazing???