Wolf ~
I know, and that makes me feel just terrible...
More seriously, when I started the review-writing gig I decided it would be easier in the long run to tell the truth as I know it. It takes more courage than I expected it would, but not because of any pressure from the advertisers. The pressure comes from inside myself -- pressure to look better than I am, to know more than I do, to pretend I shoot better than I really can. I more than half suspect that that is what drives the dishonest writers, not so much a fear of advertisers but a fear of looking the fool.
pax
We tell lies when we are afraid,...afraid of what we don't know, of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger. -- Tad Williams
I know, and that makes me feel just terrible...
More seriously, when I started the review-writing gig I decided it would be easier in the long run to tell the truth as I know it. It takes more courage than I expected it would, but not because of any pressure from the advertisers. The pressure comes from inside myself -- pressure to look better than I am, to know more than I do, to pretend I shoot better than I really can. I more than half suspect that that is what drives the dishonest writers, not so much a fear of advertisers but a fear of looking the fool.
pax
We tell lies when we are afraid,...afraid of what we don't know, of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger. -- Tad Williams