Lies




Lie as defined by Wikipedia is an intentionally false statement. To lie is to say something one believes to be false with the intention it be taken for truth.




All of us are exposed to lie everyday and lying to some has become a habit, it has become a part of u.




Lies are inevitable in our lives. Most human beings lie everyday, it seems like we can lie without being taught. It is a form of natural behaviour. Some lie to prevent e other party from getting hurt or to keep them from e ugly truth. This is known as e white lie. While some lie to escape from responsibilities or blames.




When we were young, we were exposed to lies countless times. Those lies were fabricated by our parents, to keep us safe or to make us listen to them. Of course, when you are young, you nv know those were lies and u beileved in them wholeheardtedly.




When your grow older and understood the fact that lying is a bad habit and it is nv gd to lie, sometimes u jus can't help it but lie. We know it is alright to lie once or twice. However, when u do it too frequently, pple will start to doubt what u say and soon no one will trust u. Like e story of the boy who cry wolf. He was bored and decided to play a trick n started to shout wolf, making pple believing that there were wolves trying to attack their sheeps. When he cried wolf the 3rd time (this time there were really wolves), the villagers ignored him. N in the end he died along with the sheeps.




This story is a very good example on the consequences of lying. Pple will start to lose their faith and trust in you n leave n ignore even when u start telling the truth. That is why from young parents educated us on why we should not lie n e consequences of lying to them. Parents would cane, or reprimand you for lying. Making u stand in one corner of the wall n reflect on your behaviour. Or even worse, u were made to kneel on the abascus plate and maybe other horrifying punishments your parents can think of.




Yet, there are white lies too. These lies when told helped pple to feel better. For example, we would usually recieved an email about a blind man describing out the view outside the window to another man who was dying. The man who was dying benefitted from those white lies the blind man had fabricated. His health gradually improved. Until one day when e blind man passed away n he ask e nurse to describe to him e view, he realised there was nothing but a brick wall. Such lies brings hopes, and sometimes happiness.




So are lies always bad? Sometimes it depends on the situation. However, most of the time it would be up to one to decide and judge the lie on the cirumstances it was told.