Why We Lie, or Rather, Fib

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Sure Deborah.
Next time you're trying to remember your last lie please reflect on this piece.

gwallan 8:42PM June 07, 2008

Please! It was not the "Bush Whitehouse" that lied.
It was Scott McClellan who obviously needed money
forf lying.

Beverly Aldridge of OK 7:23PM June 07, 2008

This is an issue that my children and I discussed many times throughout the years. If people think it is ok to lie about one instance or incident then who is to say they won't lie about the next. I taught my children it is always right to tell the truth. I also taught them that the truth can be tempered with tact and wisdom and does not have to be brutal. I also taught them that just because something may be a true thought they don't have to verbalize every thought that goes through their minds. Any of us can spend our lives insulting other people or continuously gossiping and excuse our behavior as we're just being honest. There is a way to be honest with out being insulting or unnecessarilly getting into someone elses business. If my children were asked a straight forward question they were expected to give a truthful answer. I taught them that if you excuse lying then how will people ever know if your are telling the truth next time. A liar tells lies. Trust is one of the most important things a person can earn and it is certainly not worth breaking someones trust by being known as a person that tells lies whenever it becomes convenient. Of course that is with in reason. If an evil person was looking for someone to harm them or kill them and you were trying to save their life by hiding them that would be a different situation. We strive to earn and keep the trust of others. A most important thing to earn in life.

Deborah Solomon of MO 8:00PM June 06, 2008

Interesting post as usual, Deborah.
I suppose asking a question like "Are you lying about the topic of lying?" is an exercise in futility. No one wants to be completely honest, especially not about whether people lie and about which topics and when. But as a regular reader of your blog, I find it necessary to object to your kindness here.
I think people lie a lot about things more important than weight or grade point average. Maybe I've just been watching too many love-triangle-entangled serial dramas. It just seems to me that real people regularly do nasty things to each other behind each other's backs and then go on to lie about it.
Am I a cynic? A liar?
Smiling Like the Grinch in Yonkers

Will of NY 4:52PM June 06, 2008