Wedneday - Don't Let the Facts obscure The Truth

Today on my drive into work, I was thinking about how a good storyteller is not afraid to adjust the facts to make a story better. For them, accuracy is not as important as the greater truth and entertainment value of the tale.

I learned this a few years ago from The Cajun Queen that I worked with. At the time, people all over the US were angry with the French for their position that our invading Iraq was not a bonne idée. In response, some people in America started boycotting all things perceived to be French and renaming things that had French as part of their name. In the cafeteria of the US Capital, congressmen no longer ordered French Fries - they ordered Freedom Fries, instead. As far as I know, they still do.

( The Cajun Queen and the Bonne a Rienne )