Sam2 – Thanks. I wonder how the Ran would learn the sugyas where Chazal have to matir twisting the truth when he holds lying isn’t assur in the first place. Do you know?
Just me – First of all, I don’t think it’s fair to pin our hashkafa vs. the Chofetz Chaim’s because it’s not really our hashkafa – it’s the hashkafa of various gedolim and roshei yeshivas; some of whom were talmidim of the Chofetz Chaim (ie: HaRav Dovid Leibowitz Ztz”l). Secondly, it’s not our tafkid to make pages of gemara dance. We’re supposed to learn Torah, not skim through it. Third,(and least relevant,) maybe the Chofetz Chaim was just making the best of a bad situation, like the chacham in the gemara who commented on the dead dog’s white teeth. Not that daf yomi is a dead dog, lol…