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MindMover

(5,016 posts) Thu Mar 13, 2014, 03:18 PM Mar 2014

The government that wants to hide its secrets is a lot like ...

a pregnant woman who says she is a virgin ...

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The government that wants to hide its secrets is a lot like ... (Original Post) MindMover Mar 2014 OP

Secrets are by definition things that are hidden frazzled Mar 2014 #1

Ok, a government that wants to hide its secrets is like ... MindMover Mar 2014 #2

And most of those who are contaminating and destroying our government FiveGoodMen Mar 2014 #3

LOL... MindMover Mar 2014 #4

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

1. Secrets are by definition things that are hidden

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2014, 03:42 PM

Mar 2014

If you don't hide them, they're not secrets. (d'oh)

I'm not sure your analogy works. I think it would be more like: a government that wants to hide its secrets is like a pregnant woman who says she is having a baby. It's a tautology.