Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.
--Hunter S. Thompson
A good one. It has me thinking just where he is going with the insight. There seems to be more than one level there.
Full context here: there are different levels, but I think it was meant in the most literal sense—really bad things can happen to people when you publish the absolute truth.
Full context here: http://books.google.com/books?id=VHxgGvF9ugAC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=If+I’d+written+all+the+truth+I+knew+for+the+past+ten+years,+about+600+people+--+including+me+--+would+be+rotting+in+prison+cells+from+Rio+to+Seattle+today.+Absolute+truth+is+a+very+rare+and+dangerous+commodity+in+the+context+of+professional+journalism.&source=bl&ots=Sa1QIuvk5J&sig=FkXE9wLwbjv4RzzyC_M7Onq2qks&hl=en&ei=47qMS5qFIpTQM8Gz3W0&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CC4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=If%20I’d%20written%20all%20the%20truth%20I%20knew%20for%20the%20past%20ten%20years%2C%20about%20600%20people%20--%20including%20me%20--%20would%20be%20rotting%20in%20prison%20cells%20from%20Rio%20to%20Seattle%20today.%20Absolute%20truth%20is%20a%20very%20rare%20and%20dangerous%20commodity%20in%20the%20context%20of%20professional%20journalism.&f=false
--Hunter S. Thompson
A good one. It has me thinking just where he is going with the insight. There seems to be more than one level there.
Full context here: there are different levels, but I think it was meant in the most literal sense—really bad things can happen to people when you publish the absolute truth.
Full context here: http://books.google.com/books?id=VHxgGvF9ugAC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=If+I’d+written+all+the+truth+I+knew+for+the+past+ten+years,+about+600+people+--+including+me+--+would+be+rotting+in+prison+cells+from+Rio+to+Seattle+today.+Absolute+truth+is+a+very+rare+and+dangerous+commodity+in+the+context+of+professional+journalism.&source=bl&ots=Sa1QIuvk5J&sig=FkXE9wLwbjv4RzzyC_M7Onq2qks&hl=en&ei=47qMS5qFIpTQM8Gz3W0&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CC4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=If%20I’d%20written%20all%20the%20truth%20I%20knew%20for%20the%20past%20ten%20years%2C%20about%20600%20people%20--%20including%20me%20--%20would%20be%20rotting%20in%20prison%20cells%20from%20Rio%20to%20Seattle%20today.%20Absolute%20truth%20is%20a%20very%20rare%20and%20dangerous%20commodity%20in%20the%20context%20of%20professional%20journalism.&f=false