When are lies appropriate?
By snowstormz
@snowstormz (220)
Australia
December 21, 2009 4:25am CST
Have you ever had to tell a small white lie so prevent from hurting your friend/family's feelings? Though what happens if one little white lie leads to another which then leads to another and you soon find out that your up to waist deep in lies. However, isn't being too honest bad too?
Then when is it appropriate to lie? And what is the limit to lying?
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6 responses
@nautilus33 (1827)
•
21 Dec 09
Hi! The lies are appropriate then, when we lie for a good cause- fro example, when we must go and buy a present to our beloved ones, and we tell them, we go to meet some friends, then is the lie appropriate!
@snowstormz (220)
• Australia
21 Dec 09
Hey, well i'm very bad at lying and everytime i do lie for a good cause, people would think i'm up to something REALLY bad and that's when i'll be in a pickle... wondering whether i should start explaining myself or continue with the lie.
@louierrific24 (1114)
• Philippines
21 Dec 09
For me lying isn't good in any away. The ends does not justify the means.
@thewayis (646)
• Bulgaria
21 Dec 09
Ok. Imagine that you live abroad and you still have no friends and acquaintances and you regularly chat with your family. Now, imagine that you got sick and when they ask you "How are you today?" you say "Oh, I am great" just because you know that they are already worried that you are there alone and the will be more worried if they knew you were sick.
You wouldn't approve that lie, is that what you are saying?
@psycho534 (30)
• Philippines
21 Dec 09
to hide something that you don't want anybody to know that could cost you something important or you don't want to hurt anyone i guess....
@thewayis (646)
• Bulgaria
21 Dec 09
I used to think that there is no such thing as WHITE LIE, because I thought that if you lie, you do it for the sake of yourself and you say it is a white lie just to clear your conscious. However, I have been proved wrong many times and now I think that there are times when you have to lie. On the other hand, there are people who use the term white lie when they lie for their sake, but that don't mean that all people are like that
@maria1081 (1251)
• Philippines
21 Dec 09
You are right snowstormz, my dad taught me about white lies. Such a lie is appropriate to save someone from being harm. Sometimes being too honest is not so good also because some people can take advantage of you.
