jeep wrote:
*shrug* easy to make up scenarios though. But it's so rarely in the towns favor to lie that I say- Lynch all liars.
-JEEP
But I think that even if you take this stance, that doesn't necessarily imply that you shouldn't lie as town. Again, I think the distinction between the two stances is the difference between the two questions "Is it good for the town if a townie lies about his role?" and "Is it good for the townie if he/she lies about his role?" Your argument, and the generic "lynch all liars" stance, gives at least one viewpoint toward answering the first question.
As I mentioned above, however, I think the second question is more to the point, since it addresses what a player
should
do in a given situation (which is to play according to his/her own best interests), and gives a different answer. For example, it may be advantageous for a townie to lie to make himself more appealing to be recuited by a cult, say in a game where it looks likely that said cult will win. This is obviously an instance where the townie's best interests and the town's best interests do not coincide.
Cam