Lying-deceptive, the telling of lies.
We all lie in some point of our life (its in our instincitve behavior). I mean come on now it is the essence of the game right to lie. We lie to get ahead in the compeitive of life from work to some other aspects of our lives (to gain friends or to gain a sense of self). I have learned slowly but surely that lying is the only way to truly win or make it to the next level of the game or in this case this huge marathon. I mean lets get real here we learn to lie when we are little kids (even when we are told its bad and the consequences of lying are harsh) we still do it even through our adulthood. Lying gives us such a huge advantage in life because depending on the person lying gives them the control of the fate of the other person.
Lying is everywhere now in days from realtionships to politics it seems to become more of an accessory to the person's personality trait than anything else. Lying also in the ends comes back to bite us in the ass when it backfires and then we start to slowly lose everything that we worked hard for suddenly is gone cause we lie....I remember House stated the quote that "everybody lies." Well he couldn't be more correct. In our society all it feels like is a big lie. I mean you got celebrities who lie about drug uses to politicians saying that they didn't sleep with that call girl or intern in their office.
So as I decide to leave and go to continue my life being stuck in time I decided to leave off with a quote on this little subject.
Lying is bad. Or so we're told. Constantly. From birth. Honest is the best policy. The truth will set you free. I chopped the cherry tree. Whatever.-Meredith Grey
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You argument remains very cynical. I am not saying that people do not lie, it is apparent, and that part of your argument is true. However, I don't believe that even with its prominence in our society it remains something that should be strongly opposed. And honestly the essence of "the game" isn't to lie. It's to achieve whatever ends you are going towards. Some people use lying as a way to achieve that end, but its cynical to think that its the essence of some game. Just because people lie to themselves to find that perfect sense of self, doesn't mean that self deception is right. And who is to say they are truly lying? When it comes to the limited kind of self deception such as "I think I look pretty" isn't necessarily a lie. Or even other kinds of self deception such as believing that someone else cares about you.
ReplyDeleteLies and half truths are similar, but the truth is truly something that will set you free. To actually find that "sense of self" you talk of, you have to fight through the terrible lies that you (and society as a whole) have set down in front of you. You must move through the epic scale of deceptions that you find yourself wrapped in within the world and come out scathed and more honest. You see society for what it is, dirty, disgusting, but undeniably beautiful in that terror.