lying

We all lie, its true, some people are better at it than others adn some people build thier lives on lies. But why? i don't understand, surely its better to be honest and tell the truth. However often that's not the case, lies are a form of defence mechanism, we lie to protect ourselves and other people. If somebodies life depends upon the information you give with the truth resulting in ther death, would you tell the lie to save them. I'm talking about an ordinary everyday person not a mass murderer or psychopath.

Lying is a part of life as we learn from such a young age due to our parents lying to us to either protect us from the truth or to keep up the stereotype. Our parents lie to us about father christmas and the tooth fairy which is stereotypically done throughout our society.

Lying though can also cause misery and anger, in december 2008 an baby sitter (pictured above) who was accused of mudering the child was in fact lying to cover up the truth which was that the child had been left in the house on its own which is when the head injury (eventually killing him) had occured. She lied to protect the mother. If she had told the truth from the very biggining doctors could have saved the childs life or the babysitter wouldn't have been charged for a murder that never occured and the mother would have been done for neglect.