Pliny linked them with lust, and Aesop with deviousness and cunning. This deviousness was sometimes interpreted as dishonesty by those who met him. The flaws that the song mentions include lying, temptation, trust, deviousness, and treason. Silverthorn's most noticeable traits are his deviousness and violent tendencies. As such, alliances used to be carried out with much more secrecy, craft, and deviousness. Most New Zealanders disliked the necessary deviousness. Further, he instanced two other example of what he terms Burt's deviousness ignored by Fletcher. Why so much deviousness on Plato's part?