Do you believe a "white lie" is acceptable?

Hi. Meryembay. I agree that telling a white lie will only result into hurt feelings in the end. It is best to just tell the truth up front. I will try to put it as politely as I can. I just hope that it does not offend that person. It is so hard these days to speak the truth to a person, without them getting upset or feeling offended.

white lie is still a lie, you did not say the truth so it is not an acceptable. sometimes kids hear their parents lie then when they ask parents will explain that it is only a white lie a little thing.... but then they dont know that kids will think it is okay. lie is still a lie, it is not the truth. whatever color you interpret it with it is still a lie. . have a great day.

I believe that it's acceptable to tell white lies, especially when the person can't do anything about it, i.e. already gotten a bad haircut or cut the tags out of a very bad outfit.

I agree that a lie in whatever form is still a lie and as such is unacceptable and shouldn't be tolerated. But I think there are circumstances that a white lie would be more appropriate than telling the truth. Sometimes you have to tell a dying person let's say in battle that everything will be all right instead of telling him that he's gonna die. I think soldiers always do that. And you don't tell your wife that she looks old when she asks you :)

I think the problem with telling a small lie is that it could eventually grow into something much larger and out of control. There are times where a small lie is told at first but there seems to be no harm to done. So the person telling a lie decides to make it bigger by telling more lies, because they see that there is no harm being done in the first place. However that is a huge misconception with telling lies. The fact of the matter is that lies and the damage they cause might not be all that obvious at first. However, as time passes, the lie will continue to grow and grow until it is to the point where it is out of control. You might think that you are protecting someone but you are really hurting them more then you can ever know.

well i agree, there is no such thing as a white lie, because there is no difference actually, people sometimes uses lies as their escape-goats right but we must admit lies are part of our lives. although i'm not saying that lies can be acceptable right?

I think that it definitely depends on the situation. If it is made to protect the people involve then probably it is acceptable. For me, if I have been lied to and I found out, I would feel bad but if there was a strong sensible reason behind it then I could bring myself to understand it.