On Nov 16, 2007, at 5:21 PM, John Thornton wrote:
> What if I want to write a book about how stupid the working poor
> are and
> so I do what Ehrenreich did to get close to working poor people.
> I buddy up, lie to them and tell them I'm 'one of them' and get
> them to
> open up and tell me things they might not tell a researcher.
> Then I turn and use that information and rake them over the coals and
> cite numerous examples of just how stupid they are to support the idea
> that they are poor because they are stupid.
> You'll be OK with the fact that I lied to them, and misrepresented
> myself so I could get the story I wanted?
The story you wanted would be evil, destructive, nasty, and a bigger lie than the one you told to gain access. It's really not a complicated moral issue.
Doug