Truth-Hiders

Results came through for eBalderdash this morning. I'm currently at a second-equal placing, which I'm fairly please about at this stage. Later on I'll be fussy about being first. If you're not familiar with the Balderdash board game, it (basically) involves each person making up a fake definition for a word, then everyone votes for the one they think is the right answer. eB is just an online version that I'm playing with a few friends. It's a lot of fun, because you get to fabricate baloney and get people to fall for it - all without a guilty conscience.
In life however this doesn't stay within the bounds of a game. It's a way to survive, to advance yourself, and to keep others in the dark. Some people have become so good at it that it comes as second-nature to them; they can flip off a strategic remark or comment that's completely false and/or misleading without thinking. Perhaps the most frustrating of these 'truth-hiders' though is the type that are so insecure that they constantly veil the meaning of their words - so that nothing is quite as it seems. It's done to keep you on the back foot, to ensure you are weaker than they are, and is also an effective tool for guarding the speaker from any real response. After all, how can you make any sort of intelligent reply when you're still trying to figure out what exactly it is that you are replying to? I do pity these people; most of them have been tragically wounded emotionally. But I mostly pity them when I sit back and think about them in general, as a whole. It's difficult to sympathise with anyone when they're standing in front of you dodging, shuffling, evading, and refusing to meet you on open ground.