Peanuts by Charles Schulz for May 24, 1962
May 23, 1962
May 25, 1962
Transcript:
Lucy stands in the outfield and says, "C'mon Charlie Brown, strike him out! We know you can do it!"<BR><BR> Linus says, "How can you say that? We don't know that he can do it! You're being hypocritical!"<BR><BR> Lucy stands silently.<BR><BR> Lucy shouts, "C'mon, Charlie Brown, strike him out! We think maybe you can do it!!"<BR><BR>
How is that hypocrisy? Hypocrisy is saying one thing and doing another. This is just saying something with certainty when it’s actually uncertain – or actually, considering Charlie Brown’s pitching, saying with certainty that something is true, when it is actually certainly false. Is that lying…?