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The Art Of Lying

Discussion in 'Snippets of Life (Non-Fiction)' started by sln, Jan 6, 2020.

  1. sln

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    You will be shocked if I tell you that she will be completing the EMI for the personal loan taken for marriage only by April 2019. Her self esteem has been shattered and she cant still understand how she allowed herself to be taken for a ride.Sometimes it is a nightmare for me whether I have guided the girl properly.Hope God will give me some time to get girl resettled.SLN
     
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    Some people are compulsive liars... I mean for everything, and to anyone.. now a days faking has become a life style... it is also lying. But its 'a-ok' because its a new 'normal'. Truth needs courage, and courage needs values.

    People who lie for selfish reasons are inconsiderate. No consideration for other peoples emotions or time or effort. Just lie and get on.

    But eventually, other people learn that one can not rely on these flakers and liars. Everyone has limited damns to give.It ends up like a story when no one believes you when you actually cry out for help because you have exhausted those damns.
     
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  4. Thyagarajan

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    :hello:@sln
    I can’t imagine a world devoid of lies. But then thanks to you - you had beautifully brought out the nuances and sine qua non of lies in various contexts.
    2. If world forget to lie, it would probably turn into a place of hell.
    3. King Harichandra - refused to tell lie and suffered terribly.
    Truth remains bitter but lie seems to at least temporarily remain sweet.
    4. Helen Rowland Says, “Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man”.
    5. Comedy or tragedy, The English Bard used it for effect in numerous ways in his dramas. Lie quotes of William Shakespeare are far too many to list.
    6. I too told numerous lies over the decades. In school with class mates, with friends in college, with parents for love of cinema, with spouse .....

    7. I lost a shawl while return from seeing off my in laws in the cold early morning at New Delhi railway station. The Necessity to tell lie to spouse more elaborately described in

    3s-spouse, Shawl & Sister-in-law

    8.Between teens, opposite genders lies flows easily from boys; and girls only hear and fall for it. In the absence of little innocuous lies even regular romance could be difficult I suppose.

    9. Entire marketing industry lies via promotion & advertisement full of false or and tall claims. cosmetic industry is lies galore. One quipped, if night face cream can turn brown to white or pinkish, why such products not marketed in African Nations.

    10. Lie and truth are inseparable. They are different sides of the same coin. Marriage brokers, realtors have special expertise on lying. Even astrologers can be included. Even corporates employ professional liers in a different garb to answer tricky questions posed by share holders in AGMs.

    11. To boy’s side, the broker says the girl has an eye on the boy and to girl side, he told the boy doing Thapas standing on one leg to marry the girl. Eventually in the marriage, it turned out that boy had only one leg and girl had vision only on one eye.

    12. Diplomats are specialists who supposed to say Yes meaning “No” and vice versa.
    These are the days Of ghost speakers & writers who concoct lies, turns it later into truths. It is said when lies repeated often would eventually believed as truth.

    13. But Tamil Saint Thiruvalluvar wrote in kural that if a lie helps a huge cause benefitting the society, better it is uttered without delay.
    God - East or West- too entertained and or encouraged lies. Lord Brahma lied and Got cursed that he will not be worshipped in temples.

    God turns even harsh words of Suruchi into auspicious for the boy Dhruva
     
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    Dear Thyagarajan,
    Great to have a significant addition to the situations and circumstances where lying is justified or accepted as natural.I have faced a situation where a convincing lie saved a family.The difficulty however is with the compulsive liars who take you for a ride and enjoy the fun.
    Regards
    SLN
     
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    Dear SLN Sir,

    We live in a country where lies were designed, developed and delivered in a systematic fashion to capture power. Why fix something that ain't broke? The whole government machinery geared with the same time-tested lies to continue to sustain power despite efforts to remove from the office.

    We had lived earlier in years when the President's speeches were fact-checked and if there were lies in the speech, they were highlighted. Nowadays, the entire speech is filled with lies and the highest office delivered approximately over 13,000 lies in 3 years. When an earlier President lied about chemical and biological weapons in Iraq, the country was invaded and people criticize that President even today. Now, lies are so normalized, the press is not sure which one is to be highlighted. It is becoming a norm to deny what was said in Congress when the entire talk is recorded.

    People are made to believe a) a strong wall is built in the southern border, b) excellent peace agreement is being pursued between Israel and Palestine, c) a new set of trade agreements far superior to earlier ones are executed, d) the US has reached unparalleled economic performance never achieved before, e) 50,000 new factories are built, f) Billions of dollars are brought back as investment into the US, g) wages have risen to the level never reached before, h) drug prices have reached the lowest by taking a strong position against the Pharmaceutical companies, i) healthcare was made cheaper while Americans with pre-existing conditions are accepted under the insurance plans, j) more Americans are working now than ever before and so on.
     
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    Dear Viswa,
    Apart from designing,developing and delivering lies,they will claim intellectual property rights to the technique. It is their interest which is foremost in their mind unlike Indians who fight over Iran vs Palestine over dinner vitiating the atmosphere.We are also fast catching up with developing countries and barbs on lies are freely exchanged at very high levels. Fortunately children dont lie that often as in earlier days but ask -so what?
    Regards -SLN
     
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    Let us not underestimate the power of lies. In fact the entire human civilisation was built on a foundation of lies respectably called "fiction" but for fiction like various gods, religions WE WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THE HUNTER GATHERER STAGE. As some wise man said if you believe in a lie for a month it is fake news but if a BILLION BELIEVE IN IT,1,0000 YEARS IT IS RELIGION.
     
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    . As some wise man said if you believe in a lie for a month it is fake news but if a BILLION BELIEVE IN IT,1,0000 YEARS IT IS RELIGION.[/QUOTE]
    Lies based on Religion and Gods mostly set norms and value systems to ensure compliance.Today Doctors and Lawyers have taken over this responsibility to conduct procedures and short- change the judicial systems respectively.SLN
     

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