I would not have believed this if you had told me. But here it is. Welcome to our culture, where personal autonomy privacy is the supreme ethic. Sick. Very sick. Worldviews have consequences, folks.
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Incredible. I thought we had reached our nadir when the Essays for Sale websites started popping up, eliminating the need to actually learn and apply one's knowledge. But now there is no need for honesty or integrity in any facet of one's life. It is an indictment of our society (or, at least, human nature) that this market niche exists at all.
Posted by: Rob Ryan | May 12, 2006 at 12:02
I hope they give there employees a good alabi as well. Somehow at a social mixer when the inevitable question of "what do you do for a living" comes up I do not think they answer by saying "A Professional Liar".
Ohh well, in the free market of ideas leave it to a few to take it to the limit. I am glad, as an employer, to know of this site though.
Posted by: Carl Holmes | May 12, 2006 at 13:16
What concerns me is that it provides a service of providing alibis for people who are cheating on their spouses. What concerned me most of all about that, however, was that I found that I wasn't surprised that someone would sink that low.
Posted by: BK | May 13, 2006 at 14:01
Imagine that. A bunch of good-hearted folks just trying to help us on out. They must really understand how really challenging it is to keep all of our lies straight. What a bunch of great, altruistic folk they be.
As I read some of the reasons they list for being able to "help" people out I was appalled at the causual, and even relaxing, way they lure people in.
A fella has to be desparate to pay $$$ to strangers in order to keep secrets like that.
Oh, what a Tangled Web We Weave. . . when first we practice to deceive!
PS( I think, Mr. Dawntreader, that these folks aren't even worthy of a link back to their site.)
Posted by: Danny Kaye | May 15, 2006 at 10:20
And this has what to do with privacy, please?
Posted by: kevin | May 15, 2006 at 10:55
This can't be real -- is it really? Well, many of us who teach college have to use special software to check whether term papers have been purchased on Internet term paper sites, so I guess buying alibis isn't inconceivable. BTW, anyone see the Survivor finale last night? Talk about glorifying dishonesty. Sheesh.
Posted by: dopderbeck | May 15, 2006 at 13:20
I gave up on "reality" T.V. along time ago, survivor and all. I first thought I would die, and I did. I died to the selfishness and spirit killing shows called "family entertainment" these days.
Posted by: Carl Holmes | May 15, 2006 at 21:23
You know, I had heard of this site before somewhere...but now I have seen with my own eyes! Incredible.
I've been enjoying your blog, especially the posts about Pride & Prejudice. I'm curious to see the 2005 movie now. I saw an A&E version that portrayed Mr. Darcy pretty well, I thought. I can't stand films with a feminist aftertaste, either.
Posted by: Susannah | May 16, 2006 at 00:18
Doesn't suprise me ... We set this stuff up all the time in police work, albeit to trap the bad guys. Cell phones would go back to dead drops, mail to PO boxes that didn't exist, fake companies with "real" people answering the phone and on and on ...
It was fun then, but I agree that it helps us live in a world of deceit and lies. The worldview that says "Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow I may die" leadds only to the ending, "you fool, tonight your life is required of you."
Later.
Posted by: BWB | May 16, 2006 at 18:50
Yeah...heard about this a whilst back. Seems like they are getting more polished at it though.
Posted by: Alan Grey | May 16, 2006 at 21:42