Hacker News Reader

Comment by ttul | Hacker News Reader

Well, I suppose he is learning that the world is a nasty place and that outing the truth has its share of consequences.

It shows how important dishonesty is in keeping the system alive and healthy. Without the lies the whole thing starts falling apart.

Which system do you have in mind and what's going to fall apart 'without the lies'?

I'll give you one example. France has recently made it illegal to do paternity testing. Someone clearly understands that without all the lies their population of single mothers would skyrocket.

To be clear: France has made private paternity testing illegal, while you can still do it through a court decision.

Still weird and the reasoning behind it seems backwards.

But why make private testing illegal. It's very clear that only a very small percentage of people who wish to get a test done would approach the court, and how many of them would get the order? E.g. I suspected my child was not mine, so I got a test done secretly only to find out my suspicion was wrong and I was actually the father. Would I have approached the court for the test, if it was illegal? Most likely not, and I would have lived the rest of the life in a doubt. And even if I did approach the court, it would have affected my already strained relationship with my wife.

You'll be even more surprised when you hear that they said something alo g "this rule is good for the piece of mind of the French families".

If by "recently" you mean 5 years ago. And by "illegal to do paternity testing" you mean "illegal to do secret paternity testing by private citizens without a court order". So your claim seems very false, and doesn't back up your idea that "their populations of single mothers would skyrocket".

What an ignorant and snarky comment.

The World IS a vile place not because there is any truth to learn but because the system is made with the intention of deception and corruption.

Snarky, maybe, but I wouldn't say it's that ignorant. Truth is just facts. If you're someone approaching it rationally it should empower you to make more informed decisions from then on. But I think we can agree that not everybody react to it or perceive it the same, people sometimes behave in ways completely unexpected. So there truly are consequences to laying it bare. Are all truths good to tell? It depends who you ask and it's often only in hindsight that we figure out that something should better have been disclosed or kept hidden.

I've come to accept that only a few people genuinely value the truth. But most people do not value the truth, especially if it gets in the way of things they value more like money, convenience and material possessions.

Your comment seems like a vast overcorrection from it's parent.

Whatever the base cause, he has unlawfully avoided due process by abusing international treaty.

What truth, exactly?

Take your pick - https://wikileaks.org

the hillary clinton email archive. says it all really about the value and importance of wikileaks for the FSB.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com