As I once heard a sociology professor put it - Ideology has NO HISTORY. IdeologIES have histories... Ideology - ALL IDEOLOGY - is simply OBFUSCATION. And it predates recorded history.
I couldn't find any good arguments on the other side.
Our public perspective is shaped by usually incomplete information - when it's not deliberately distorted and misleading. The history of PR and political Propaganda are intimately connected.
A SWORN AFFIDAVIT is usually TRUE, CORRECT, AND COMPLETE.
By comparison most courts operate in the realm of true and correct. You can paint one hell of a misleading picture by witholding one small fact. Sure - tell me all about Saddam's evil and such...so long as you don't mention that he did it ALL while on OUR PAYROLL...well that changes thingz - don't it?
The current ruler seems to take the position - that all information which he regards as being either negative or contradictory to his STRONGLY HELD views...is therefore automatically made a FALSEHOOD, thereby.
