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The Dangers Of Lying

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Most people have all lied at some point for whatever reason it may have been. Lying while an easy way to get out of trouble or save someone’s feelings should only be used in certain situations. Lying causes loss of trust, double standards, and should only be used by the military. Lying seems to be something done by most of the population without even thinking twice about it but the fact is it causes confusion as who can be trusted. In “It’s the truth: Americans conflicted about lying”, a mother said,” it’s the easy trap of a lie… its easier than telling the truth.” Teenagers especially find themselves doing this, most of the time to get out of trouble

with parents or to save a friendship. A lot of people have lied to save a friends’ feelings and …show more content…

That is an all too common side effect of lying. Cohen in the same article, It’s the truth: Americans conflicted about lying says” Once a person has found out you lied you lose currency in their eyes.” In It’s the truth: Americans conflicted about lying, Cohen says that” people want to be fooled. No one expects, and few would welcome, searing honesty at a dinner party.” This quote says that its ok to lie and protect

someone’s feelings still, everyone needs to think about if having someone distrusts you over a small lie like, I like those shoes, is really worth it. Another way to prove this is by a quote from the article Honestly, tell the truth, which says, “lying is stressful and hurts relationships.” It takes much less time to tell the truth than to try and make up something that will be found out as a lie and

make the person you were trying to avoid hurting their feelings feel bad anyway and not trust you. Everyone needs to take a look at the lies have come out of their mouths and realize that they did not do any good and it would have been much better to tell the

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