he receiver of the bad news will possibly remain more composed and self confident than hearing the truth. Therefore, the truth, bent, is less harsh to the listener, proving Dickinson’s lines,Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-Success in Circuit lies The concept can be taken on a larger scale. Chaos would ensue if our government were to say, “There are aliens landing on our planet daily, moving from spot to spot, taking diseases of the locale (biologically created diseases from Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, Hoof and Mouth disease from the Queen’s England) to other spots on our planet. We do not know how to control the spread of these diseases, because we cannot anticipate where the aliens land, or how, when or to where they move around earth.” If this truth were to be announced in its pristine form, panic would engulf every spot on earthToo bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth's superb surpriseThus, the government would be prudent to gradually inform the populus the truth in a non-threatening, and less emotional manner. Funding positive movies about nice aliens which the masses would view could see that there may be aliens moving about, the government could, through a circuitous route, allow the people to become comfortable with the thought of outer space creatures roaming earth, and thus cope without panic. If the presence of aliens were explained to the world as one would gently inform a child of lightning, gaining his trust and respect for it, giving instructions how to safely handle it, individuals might behave rationally and accept the unusual.As Lightning to the Children easedWith explanation kindThe government could manipulate the actions of society once it decided people were capable of handling the truth without panicking and causing a crisis of world proportions that it would be impossible to ever positively regroup the planet in an orderly fashion. The Truth must dazzle graduallyOr every man be bl...
