This novelist American of the late 19th and early 20th centuries is one of the main literary references of the culture American that has spread with globalization. In this space, we want to remember what this author wrote about the lie. An element that appears in social, economic and political action constantly. Beyond the moral burden that it has in itself and what each person can put against it, or in favor of the act of lieexists and is found daily in politics, economics and in all manifestations of social action.
Here are some reflections of Mark Twain about the liewhich have already been published here in Lecturas, THE DEBATE. In Sinaloa These are days to keep and fight for the public safety. In Mexicoin a few days the six-year term of the President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and will start the one of the First President of the Republic, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. On October 1st, her inauguration and the beginning of a new six-year term will take place. As has always happened in the Mexican political system, the new head of the executive branch will be the one who decides the government policies in the public administration. In the same way, she will have the intermediation of interests with the political and government representatives in the country’s federal entities. And, it must be emphasized, as established by the Constitution of Mexico In its article 89, section VI, the President shall have at his disposal “the entire permanent Armed Forces, that is, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, for the internal security and external defense of the Federation.” And this is established by the organic laws of the Army, Air Force and Navy of Mexico: President of the Republic She is the Supreme Commander and Commander of the Armed Forces of Mexico.
Also, like all previous Mexican Presidents, it will be her task to be an intermediary with the representatives of the legislative branch of the Congress of the Union. And, without a doubt, she will also be the same with the representatives of national and foreign economic interests in our country.
On the decline of the art of lying
Here is the quote about lying from Mark Twain, from his text “On the Decline of the Art of Lying”, here are a few lines from the final part. The quote begins:
<< … Observe well, I do not mean to insinuate that the custom of lying has suffered any decay or interruption... no. And it is that lying, as a virtue and principle, is eternal; lying as a recreation, a respite and a refuge in times of need, the Fourth Grace, the Tenth Mass, the best and surest friend of man, is immortal, and will not disappear from the face of the earth while this club exists.
My complaint is only against the decay of the art of lying. No man of principle, no person in his right mind, can witness the clumsy and careless lying of the present age without being grieved to see such a noble art thus prostituted.
Lying is universal—we all lie; we all have to. Therefore, the wise thing is to educate ourselves diligently to lie judiciously and considerately; to lie for a good purpose, not for a perfidious one; to lie for the advantage of others, not for our own; to lie soothingly, charitably, and humanely, and not cruelly, lethally, or maliciously; to lie pleasantly and gracefully, not clumsily and foolishly; to lie firmly, frankly, and brazenly, with our heads held high, without hesitation or torture, without pusillanimous attitudes, as if we were ashamed of the great duty we have to do so. Only thus shall we get rid of the stinking, pestilential truth that is eating away at the earth; only thus shall we be worthy, good, and beautiful, worthy denizens of a world in which even benign nature often lies, except when it promises bad weather. Only then…, but I am but a poor new student of this funny art, and I am no one to instruct this club.
Paragraphs: From Emeritus Teacher
Seriously, I think it is essential to intelligently examine what kinds of lies are the best and healthiest, given that we all have to lie and we all lie; and what kind of lies are best avoided. I consider this to be something that I can confidently place in the hands of this club of experts, a mature entity, to which in this respect we can give the epithet, and without undeserved flattery, of “Emeritus Teacher.” >>.
End of quote. Now it is up to each reader to analyze it and relate it to their own environment and to the current social, political and economic situation in Sinaloa and Mexico.
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