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Talk:The Long Con
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"Not a good person"?
- "I'm not a good person, Charlie. Never did a good thing in my life." -- From what we've seen of Sawyer's actions before and since, this is clearly a lie. Oh, poor self-deprecating Sawyer... :-( --Amberjet11 10:52, 17 November 2006 (PST)
ATTENTION: Terminology
To any editors who have done this: stop overusing the phrase "long con", especially when you are clearly misusing it. I've seen the phrase used countless times all over Lostpedia, almost always incorrectly: for example, Sawyer's rather short con in the non-flashback portions of this episode (where he joins with Charlie to initiate a con that lasts only a few short hours, not weeks or months like a long con) is not a "long con" just because it's in an episode which happens to be named that—nor is it ever referred to as such in the show, as the phrase is only used in flashbacks. We come across as over-eager fanboys when we leap on Lost terminology and excessively overuse it whenever given the slightest opportunity.
To a lesser extent, the word "con" is also excessively overused across most of Lostpedia. Pretty much any time anyone lies or tricks another person anywhere it is oftentimes referred to as a "con" on Lostpedia, even though even Lost doesn't overuse that term that much. It's particularly ridiculous when we start anachronistically referring to various Biblical passages as dealing with "cons"! Try to tone it down a little. -Silence 22:49, 3 August 2007 (PDT)
Remember, after all, that "con" is a slang word, and an Americanism. It's perfectly acceptable to use the word in reference to dialogue that also uses it, but keep in mind that it's not the most neutral or encyclopedic of terms—not even close. -Silence 22:51, 3 August 2007 (PDT)
