I think of it the same way I think of cleaning the henhouse.
A lot of hens and chickens producing no small amount of crap and some eggs. Want eggs? Clean crap.
The fable stumbles a bit, admittedly, since in this case (vaccines and what not) the hens should also be doing the cleaning.
But you know, birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, politicians and Big Biz gotta lie. It's like with journalists: if they were punished for lying, they couldn't do their jobs.
I think of it the same way I think of cleaning the henhouse.
A lot of hens and chickens producing no small amount of crap and some eggs. Want eggs? Clean crap.
The fable stumbles a bit, admittedly, since in this case (vaccines and what not) the hens should also be doing the cleaning.
But you know, birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, politicians and Big Biz gotta lie. It's like with journalists: if they were punished for lying, they couldn't do their jobs.
Lying with intent is one thing....