One of my favorite topics is the truth, how it is perceived, put into practice, defined, and just abused, misused, and then put back in a closet where it belongs.
The last big post I put up on this, discussed the kind of lies people tell...you may or may not recall, THIS ONE
This time, let's talk about when it is time to give up the ghost. Some would argue that, like the mythical George Washington, we should never lie. I don't make that argument. In a perfect world, perhaps, but at last check we didn't have one, and people still have feelings, situations that they're unsure of, and so on.
But, after awhile, it gets to a tipping point. A place where continued dishonesty is going to be seen as being hurtfully so...for those practicing the "well you didn't ask precisely" method (a self confessed personal flaw), plausible deniability will be gone. To continue to practice a lie of omission has ceased to be omission, and now is just being deceptive. Or a lie to protect someone is now in a state where it clearly will no longer protect anyone, and will in actual fact be detrimental to you, if not physically, at least in relation to how you are perceived by others, whom you may want to have the respect of.
I guess the point of this follow up to my previous post on the subject is, living a lie just is a very bad idea. It's one thing to get out of mowing the lawn, or going shopping, but it is quite another to continue to mislead people you ostensibly care about. And isn't that exactly who gets lied to? I mean, you wouldn't bother lying to folks you didn't care about, because...drumroll....who gives a flying toss what they think anyway?
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