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I cannot say I've been completely honest here. Some things I have to omit because they are too detailed and could expose my identity.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
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September 18, 2009
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a good way to sum it up
posted by
Samantha39
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September 18, 2009
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I'll admit it...I've lied a few times in my life.
and you know what? I'll usually feel so guilty about it that I end telling the truth anyway! haha
posted by
shelly_b
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September 18, 2009
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TAPS, last night I watched Survivor and you should have seen the liar
on there...wow, he was something...good post
posted by
Ariala
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September 18, 2009
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Re: Troosha
All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?
Friedrich Nietzsche
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TAPS.
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September 18, 2009
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Taps
This post certainly invoked some interesting comments…I suspect the 97% who claim to not lie were dismissing all those little “white” lies; the excuses we make, for example, for not being able to attend an event versus simply saying “no thank you”, or the empty compliments or affirmations we offer someone when they happen to ask “how do you like my new hairdo?” And why are they called white lies anyway….? What could possibly be pure about an untruth?
posted by
Troosha
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September 18, 2009
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Re: Antipodean
I haven't seen your name before. You must be fairly new to Blogit. Welcome. That's a pretty funny comment from your friend.
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TAPS.
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September 18, 2009
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Good post!
A friend of mine once said: 'I don't know how the Prime Minister gets away with it. When I lie I'm f......... within 24 hours!'
posted by
Antipodean
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September 18, 2009
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Re: BC-A
I think I don't know what to think about our President Richard Nixon.
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TAPS.
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September 18, 2009
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I’m I think that Richard Nixon will go down in future history as the criminal of his country. BC-A, Bill*s Cyberspace Hotlink
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BC-A
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September 18, 2009
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Re: gapcohen
I, for one, understand and join in that kind of fun--be it right or wrong.
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TAPS.
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September 18, 2009
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I lie every day; when a random solicitor calls and asks, "Is Ms. Cohen home?" and I say, "no, she's not home right now, can I take a message?". There are lies that hurt and others that prevent hurt (white lies), and one just has to understand the difference! Mal
posted by
gapcohen
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September 18, 2009
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Re: Re: Corbin_Dallas
ROTFL........
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
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September 18, 2009
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Re: elinjo
Sounds like a good way to lose all your friends.
posted by
TAPS.
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September 18, 2009
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Re: lustorlove
It's true, being too honest can get one in hot water.
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TAPS.
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September 18, 2009
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Re: shobana
As I commented to snowview, Don't ask me! I'm not an authority on the subject. Mostly I just have questions. That's why I got into the subject. LOL
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TAPS.
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September 18, 2009
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Re: Nileangel
I think you may be right, but I think it evolves into more than that.
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TAPS.
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September 18, 2009
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Re: snowview
Don't ask me! I'm not an authority on the subject. Mostly I just have questions. That's why I got into the subject. LOL
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TAPS.
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September 18, 2009
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Re: Interesting, Pat_B
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TAPS.
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September 18, 2009
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Re: Corbin_Dallas
If one is getting technical, I would say that it depends on how it's labeled--under fiction, just a good story--under politics & news, definitely.
posted by
TAPS.
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September 18, 2009
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Hmmmmm??
Couldn't "fiction" be considered a type of lie?
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
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September 18, 2009
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I've come to believe the surest sign that someone is lying is
when they accuse you. I learned this lesson the hard way, when someone I trusted absolutely turned my safe harbor into a dangerous uncharted reef.
posted by
Pat_B
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September 18, 2009
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Interesting! What about white lies, which are often a survival strategy!
posted by
snowview
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September 18, 2009
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Re: abanerjee
To Philo man is the only creature endowed with freedom to act, and as such he is responsible for his action and “very properly receives blame for the offences which he designedly commits.”
posted by
TAPS.
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September 17, 2009
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I think the root of most lies derives from inner fears.
posted by
Nileangel
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September 17, 2009
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Oh dear...what about "white lies" Taps..
posted by
shobana
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September 17, 2009
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On the internet is hard to know if someone is lying be it a dating site or just talking to someone you have never met, you can say anything. With me I try to very honest and sometimes it gets me in trouble
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lustorlove
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September 17, 2009
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Social lies e.g. 'I cannot come keep our appointment,because....' are easy (lazy, cowardly?) ways out of difficult situations. Just imagine saying 'I do not intend to keep our appointment, shouldn't have made it in the first place, because I think you are.....'
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elinjo
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September 17, 2009
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TAPS
I am reminded of Shakira's Hips Don't Lie, must be true because people were obliged to award her with the 2007 Grammy Award. Hips, in fact, mute, never learnt to lie. Great Philo, isn't it?
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abanerjee
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September 17, 2009
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Re: HAHAHAHA, Whacky
You are so cute!
I can see why Bo loves you.
posted by
TAPS.
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September 17, 2009
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I tell the truth...
when I have to. Really.
posted by
Whacky
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September 17, 2009
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Re: Talion
There is much lunacy among supposedly sane people. LOL
posted by
TAPS.
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September 17, 2009
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Re: Sinome
I think I agree with everything you said. The only reason I don't say 100% agree is because you said so much I can't remember everything. LOL
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TAPS.
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September 17, 2009
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Lies are as old as humanity... the serpent lied to Eve... Eve to Adam and so on and so forth . I think we all lie at one time or another... I try not to unless I have to in order to spare someone else hurt or myself embarrassment... like when I don't feel like going to a party and I feign a bad headache... or if I have a dentist appointment I want to escape from and I call and tell them I have the stomach virus ( Hmmm do you think my dentist is in blogit???) but to intentionally lie to get things our of others is , in my book, the lowest think that one can do. Obama lying? Maybe... but I feel it was not the time or the place to call him on it... though it was a great forum to be heard... if as the opposition claims there is a conspiracy from the media to protect the president. The whole thing sounds a little crazy... conspiracies and hidden lies.... too much drama for me :-)
posted by
Sinome
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September 17, 2009
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Lies are as old as humanity... the serpent lied to Eve... Eve to Adam and so on and so forth . I think we all lie at one time or another... I try not to unless I have to in order to spare someone else hurt or myself embarrassment... like when I don't feel like going to a party and I feign a bad headache... or if I have a dentist appointment I want to escape from and I call and tell them I have the stomach virus ( Hmmm do you think my dentist is in blogit???) but to intentionally lie to get things our of others is , in my book, the lowest think that one can do. Obama lying? Maybe... but I feel it was not the time or the place to call him on it... though it was a great forum to be heard... if as the opposition claims there is a conspiracy from the media to protect the president. The whole thing sounds a little crazy... conspiracies and hidden lies.... too much drama for me :-)
posted by
Sinome
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September 17, 2009
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TAPS
I've never caught a fellow member in an outright lie, but I have a time or too stumbled upon glaring inconsistencies. What troubles me is the lunacy some members spew because they actually believe it.
posted by
Talion_
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September 17, 2009
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