MrAugust wrote on Nov 29^th, 2005 at 4:47pm:



Mr. August,

Another polygraph examiner asked me the very same thing several months ago. I'll tell you the same thing I told him. I do not consider the time I spend on this site a waste. I believe it's time well spent in helping to educate others about the myths surrounding the polygraph. Just in the nine months or so that I have been aware of the site, I've noticed the number of guests and registered users growing--a very good sign, indeed. That means more and more people are becoming aware of the polygraph's shortcomings. I use every chance I get to help spread the word about how polygraphs don't really work and warn others to NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES submit to one. I'm satisfied when they tell me how they've passed the message along to others.      

It would be fair to say that prior to taking a polygraph, I had much more faith in them than the average person. The idea of taking one seemed cool to me and I thought the experience would be a neat one. I possessed very little knowledge about polygraphs and had never even heard the word countermeasures before. Those circumstances did very little for me in the way of accuracy as I told the truth and failed like many other posters on this site. 

Your ASSumption that I am bitter couldn't be farther from the truth. My polygraph failure was actually a blessing in disguise and I don't regret that it prevented me from making a mistake. What I do regret is that I foolishly consented to something I knew nothing about. I hate the fact that what happened to me continues to happen to others and that  a test that doesn't work is eliminating skilled, quality employees from the government workforce at taxpayer expense.   

The only person who is bitter and overemotional around here is you.

So they don't care if you did stuff when you were 10 and didn't really kno better?

One major point to remember in all of this is this: there has never been any evidence that pre-employment screenings create a better workforce.  The only people these exams can be said to be helping are the polygraphers themselves, vampires on society.

Furthermore, they're not particularly concerned that there's no evidence that they're actually helping others.  All they care about is helping themselves, so who cares if it works?   

[url=-https://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1233987559]Here[/url] I describe some very simple (and cheap) ways they could demonstrate that they are doing some good.  They won't do it; they're evil.

My favorite part of the whole "polygraph" bull shit...which is exactly what it is..is that the crazier you are..or the bigger liar you are..the better your chances are of passing it..as long as you believe yourself then you will not be nervous enough to fail the test...My biggest questions are..did any of our troops who fought for us ever have to take a poly to enter the military?? NOPE...did our President of the united states ever take one to get into office...NOPE...Do our teachers who work with our young innocent children have to take them...NOPE...so what exactly is the point of making some one willing to put themselves in danger everyday to protect a community have to pass it....a test that isn't even accurate!!  Doesn't make sense to me!!!