Saidme wrote on Aug 13
th, 2003 at 2:21am:
Skeptic
Much of my "uncorroborated boast" as you put it, is no more or no less valid than the garbage everyone else puts on this website. To set the record straight, I'm just putting out the facts.
Since you won't back up most of your assertions of "facts", they are (pretty much by definition) "uncorroborated". And claiming to be able to do what no one has demonstrated the ability to do (namely, detect countermeasures reliably) is, again by definition, a "boast".
Quote:If you wish to view them as "boasts" then have at it. I get no pleasure in having to respond to crime scenes involving serious injury, death, or sexual assault of a child. I do however get great pleasure insuring these criminals go to jail for those crimes.
It seems to me, Saidme, that (given your passion for crime-fighting and your ability to carry on extended confrontations without allowing yourself to be baited) your skills as an interrogator are wasted on the polygraph. Just my humble opinion, though.
Quote:You anti folks forget the primary purpose of polygraph is to assist law enforcement in resolving these crimes. You get caught up in your own little self-important world and whine to everyone about how you were wronged by the polygraph in your pre-employment interviews. Whaaaa! I get sick and tired of listening to your crap. Okay, I feel better, I'm off the soap box.
I forget nothing, Saidme. All evidence says the polygraph doesn't do the job it is purported to do -- namely, discern truthfulness from falsehood with sufficent reliability to warrant faith in the device. That's why I oppose it, not because my life has been ruined (or indeed, significantly impacted) by the polygraph.
I'm the first to admit I didn't enjoy my pre-employment polygraph sessions, but to the best of my knowledge, I "passed" them. Not that being bitter about having one's career ruined by a bogus instrument is necessarily a bad thing, though.
Perhaps, in all of your time polygraphing suspects, you've forgotten how important a little compassion for your fellow man can be...
Skeptic