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The circumlocutive prowess of people who can't lie are often severely taxed
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My brother just told me that Quakers won't take an oath. I didn't know that. And when you think about it, why should taking an oath be necessary? Isn't it silly? You might explain this oath taking to me. Doesn't it imply that we take it for granted that you can lie to your friends and business associates and customers in the normal course of business, but when you're under oath all of a sudden you have to tell the truth? I don't know. I'm asking you. Doesn't taking an oath strike you like a vestige of some pagan ritual? I was told that people in New England are not as likely to lie as people from other parts of the country. Do you believe that in New England lying is considered to be as bad as adultery? I think that might be true --- at least in the community where I was brought up --- because I do know that the circumlocutive prowess of people who can't lie are often severely taxed.
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