DENIECE CORNEJO’S CREDIBILITY ISSUE The common presumption is, CREDIBILITY and TRUTH go side by side. Ideally that is the case. When a person is perceived to be credible, we believe that he is telling the truth. Does that mean then that a person who is not credible cannot be telling the truth? That’s a fallacy. A person who is credible can also tell a lie. Conversely, a person who is not credible can also tell the truth. There is this fable about a boy who was tasked by his village to guard their flock of sheep at night against marauding pack of wolves. The boy found it a boring task specially in the wee hours after midnight. So he devised a plan to entertain himself and jolt himself out of boredom. At the strike of midnight he shouted “wolves, wolves!” even if there were no wolves. That jolted the villagers awake and sent them out of their houses with arms to chase the wolves – only to find out that there were no wolves as the boy sheepishly explained, he just wanted company. The scene was repeated several times with the boy shouting “wolves” and the villagers coming out of their houses only to find there were no wolves. Finally one night, the wolves came. The boy promptly alerted the villagers by shouting “wolves, wolves!” It’s that boy again playing his trick, said the villagers. Nobody came out of his house. The next morning when they woke up and went out, they found the carcasses of their sheep scattered all over showing the wolves feasted on them the night before. The boy lost credibility but in that one last night, he was telling the truth. Nasubukan mo na bang maloko, kahit minsan? Kung nasubukan mo nang maloko, paano ka naloko? Di ba naloko ka dahil akala mo napaka credible ng taong nanloko sa iyo? In the rape case of January 17, Vhong looks credible. Figure that out. Good day and TGIF!
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 02:00:57 +0000
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