Lying: Deceit in Language Tools, such as hammers, have no inherent intent to deceive or malign. Only in the hands of its users do morals come into play. Lying is relative and in some instances the best of choices. Introspection accompanied with reasoning skills will help those receiving language signals to properly classify, and then act upon or ignore, these relations. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relative use of language, and specifically the relationship to its use and intentional miscommunication or deception.

I will develop this argument using the suggested written materials in order to point out how every argument can be interpreted with doubt and the intended consequence of deceit. I will also explore the idea of manipulation through deceptive language and the characteristics of such actions. It is my opinion that manipulation is a self-inflicted process that relies on an individual's decision to rely more on the experiences and tales of someone else as opposed to one's own take on an issue: " masses would not have been conquered, however, if they had known how to challenge and to question, how to make distinctions between propaganda and reasonable argument." (Sylvar) This two way argument is circular in nature but still...

However, most would agree that communication is predominately non-verbal making his argument too picky and not embracing a finer point of enlightenment. Knowing and accepting his critique on the language, however will no doubt serve to help those wishing to find truth and eliminate contradiction within this realm of language. Only when this information is coupled with the reason acquired through experience may students begin to learn and assimilate what is important when communicative methods are being employed.
Logical fallacies are the student's best friend in determining what is useful and what is tailored for perhaps a different audience. Religion may fail under logical analysis, but to the devout follower of any scripture or written word (science included) these felicitous arguments hold specific meaning. More importantly, religion and dramatized wordings work better in most cases than boring matter of fact rhetorical presentation. Cross' essay laid out many important logical fallacies…