Lies!!! Why would people lie?
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
The definition of lie that I got from Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary is:
lie n., v., lied, ly·ing.
A false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.
I used to lie too when I was a kid but that would be instantaneous lie like I used to lie to my teachers. Sometimes I wouldn’t know the answers of certain questions so I would be unable to finish my assignments, and when the teacher asked for my assignment, I would simply lie by saying, “Sir/Ma’am! I forgot to do it or I forgot to bring my assignment.” It was so easy answer, and of course I would get some kind of punishment for my lies but there was a reason behind that lie. If I would have said I don’t know how to do it, they would have punished me even more coz the fault was mine as I must have not concentrated in the class. May be mind was at a different location at that time. Well there was a reason. As I grew older, I lied to my parents to go outside and play. I would play certain games, which I wasn’t allowed to, and when asked if I did that kind of stuff, I would simply say, No. I didn’t. And in my adolescence the lies were even more deliberate. I would only lie when I need to but soon I began to realize that lying is never good. It would hurt people knowingly/unknowingly. So I started hating lies and liars.
There were times when people closed to me lied. I would know when they lied but I had to keep my mouth shut in order to save our precious friendship. I have lots of good and bad experiences where people have lied to me. One question that always bugs my mind is, “why do people lie?” Most of us would say people lie for a reason and for their benefit. I agree on that statement as well, but as I experienced it, I found out that people do lie without a reason as well. I don’t know if to address them as psychos or insane or whatever but I have found so many people lying without a reason. May be they find pleasure in lying, may be it’s their mischievous behavior that puts those act of lying and playing with other person’s feeling and life. I still haven’t found the answer. Why would people lie?
lie n., v., lied, ly·ing.
A false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.
I used to lie too when I was a kid but that would be instantaneous lie like I used to lie to my teachers. Sometimes I wouldn’t know the answers of certain questions so I would be unable to finish my assignments, and when the teacher asked for my assignment, I would simply lie by saying, “Sir/Ma’am! I forgot to do it or I forgot to bring my assignment.” It was so easy answer, and of course I would get some kind of punishment for my lies but there was a reason behind that lie. If I would have said I don’t know how to do it, they would have punished me even more coz the fault was mine as I must have not concentrated in the class. May be mind was at a different location at that time. Well there was a reason. As I grew older, I lied to my parents to go outside and play. I would play certain games, which I wasn’t allowed to, and when asked if I did that kind of stuff, I would simply say, No. I didn’t. And in my adolescence the lies were even more deliberate. I would only lie when I need to but soon I began to realize that lying is never good. It would hurt people knowingly/unknowingly. So I started hating lies and liars.
There were times when people closed to me lied. I would know when they lied but I had to keep my mouth shut in order to save our precious friendship. I have lots of good and bad experiences where people have lied to me. One question that always bugs my mind is, “why do people lie?” Most of us would say people lie for a reason and for their benefit. I agree on that statement as well, but as I experienced it, I found out that people do lie without a reason as well. I don’t know if to address them as psychos or insane or whatever but I have found so many people lying without a reason. May be they find pleasure in lying, may be it’s their mischievous behavior that puts those act of lying and playing with other person’s feeling and life. I still haven’t found the answer. Why would people lie?
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