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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Sour Notes on a Symbolic Day The deception of pretending to have a quartet play live at the swearing-in ceremony, when the nation really heard a recording, may seem like trivia to some. But this ceremony, on this day, at this time, was a moment to celebrate honesty, and integrity, and using fakery to solve a logistical problem should have been rejected. If the weather was too cold for the great musicians to play, the solution was to tell the truth.
Saturday, January 24, 2009Sour Notes on a Symbolic Day The deception of pretending to have a quartet play live at the swearing-in ceremony, when the nation really heard a recording, may seem like trivia to some. But this ceremony, on this day, at this time, was a moment to celebrate honesty, and integrity, and using fakery to solve a logistical problem should have been rejected. If the weather was too cold for the great musicians to play, the solution was to tell the truth.
