How could you believe someone is saying truth?
By callraheel
@callraheel (149)
January 1, 2007 3:57am CST
Well guys i have been going through this problem since long, i hope somebody could help me out. So the problem is believing in someone. Do you guys think there is any hard and fast rule to believe in what someone is saying? I will give you an example, Take Tony Blair, some people say he is very nice man and found him very deserving for his position, some says he is doing nothing and laugh at what he says or do. So how could we find which of these ideas is true. If you could give me an explanation then i would be grateful to you. Thank you for reading this topic. Waiting for positive responses.
Regards
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3 responses
@Bunny2 (2102)
• Australia
5 Jan 07
There are no rules when it comes to believeing or not believing. It's very much instinct. You get a gut feeling about someone and whether they are telling the truth or not. With politicians it very difficult to judge because quiteoften the high profile politicians go through training on how to appear and speak in public. What you might see now is not the person that his friends might have known years previously., A classic example of this is an Australian politican, Bob Hawke. He started as the president of the ACTU, a labour union. People for the people. He was an alcholic who never looked at the camera straight. He would look down when speaking both on camera and privately to a person (I met him at this stage so can say this) Then he became a federal politician and was unrecognizable. His whole persona changed and he faced the camera when speaking and also people (met him again). The change was phenomenal.
So don't try to look for the rules, try to go with your gut feeling. But knowing what a person in the limelight is really like - well you might never know.
@callraheel (149)
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5 Jan 07
hi bunny, thank you very much for such a detailed reply. I appreciate. So the conclusion of your post can be the fact that circumstances can change one's interaction but still there could be no way to know whether he is saying right or wrong. isnt it?
@Bunny2 (2102)
• Australia
6 Jan 07
Yes, more or less. The thing with a one on one dialogue is that you can study body language (which, yes you can study on TV but it's not the same) and eye contact. In a one on one conversation you can get a better feeling for what a person is saying. Even so, some people are good actors and can suck you in. It's not easy, is it?
@callraheel (149)
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6 Jan 07
hmm true said , you know it has become very worse for these days as almost everyone is an actor on his own and can trick in a matter of seconds, but i guess the acting tricks we learn by the period of time incase we dont want to speak truth or want to hide something (this could be the case for individuals) but overall its very disappointing to see that you can never know whats the truth, i wonder if there could be some straight forward or if it has to be complex then still there should be someway out of it, what do you think?
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@jinxia (5)
• China
22 Apr 07
in my opinion,different people have different ideas.so there is no need to be puzzeld about various opinions .what you need to do is to get as much information as possible about it,and make you own judgement.maybe sometimes you will find ---every coin has two sides. only my own humble opinions.
@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
18 Feb 07
I don't think it is very easy to tell if someone is telling the truth or not. When you have a friend after you get to know that person you can tell after a while when they are telling you the truth or not. Same way when your parents or brothers know when you are telling the truth or a lie. You get to know the way they speak, their expressions, movements, etc.
