Haney about lies and acceptable truths

A-004-061902-Haney-V1.txt

19         Q    Okay.  And as a staff member of the Church of
20    Scientology, did you ever learn about whether or not a
21    Scientologist could lie?

22         A    Yes.

23         Q    How?

24         A    Well, the two most common things --
25              THE COURT:  Well, that was -- what you asked is
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 1         did you ever learn.  He said yes.  What did he
 2         learn?  I mean, I guess that is the next question.

 3              MR. DANDAR:  I'm sorry.

 4    BY MR. DANDAR:

 5         Q    What did you learn about that?

 6         A    There were two aspects at our org that were
 7    commonly used where it was perfectly acceptable not to tell
 8    the truth to someone or to lie to them outright.

 9              One is the common phrase called the greatest good
10    for the greatest number, which is an abbreviation of the
11    greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics.

12              And what it basically meant was you could lie to
13    an individual in order for a greater good to help the
14    organization or the group.

15              So we would commonly misrepresent or outright lie
16    to the public.  For instance, in order to get them to pay
17    money or -- or in some other way benefit the organization.

18              The second one was a term -- there are all these
19    terms that are unique to Scientology.  Some of them are
20    listed in the administration dictionary.  Some of them are
21    used otherwise.

22              One is called the acceptable truth.  An acceptable
23    truth is where you tell somebody something in order to
24    convince them of your point.  And it doesn't necessarily
25    have to be true.

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