Monday, April 20, 2009

If you don't want to hear the answer, don't ask the question

Among lawyers (or so I'm told), there is a saying to the effect that you should never ask a witness a question to which you don't already know the answer. When a gay activist asked Miss USA contestant Carrie Prejean what she thought about marriage, she gave an honest answer, one that contradicted the interrogator's views. In a moment that serves to reinforce the stereotype, the activist went off on a vulgar tirade.

Maybe if he doesn't want to hear the truth, he shouldn't ask the questions.

And maybe he should consider that some people still consider vulgarity to be the tool of those with limited vocabulary.