Lying, Liars and more Lies

Lying is bad, but there are different levels and aspects of lying. We have small, everyday lies and big ones that change history. Besides Abe Lincoln everyone else must have at least once distorted the truth and made it more appropriate or safe for himself. The real question then is where runs the line between lies, which are appropriate, and those, which can harm. Is telling your mom that you’re only going out for an hour, when really you want to stay out all night is as bad as misinforming a CEO of a major corporation in order to plunge the whole company with thousands of employees in to bankruptcy? Can we really categorize lies and allow some while banning others? We probably can’t, because it has already been done. Not in any official way, but rather as a universal rule. Any lie that doesn’t put you behind bars or lead to the death of your family and half of the globe is ok. Is that ok? I don’t know and any other answer would be a lie.

Find out more about the World’s Biggest Liar Contest-http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/articles/2005/11/16/biggest_liar_2005_event_feature.shtml