English 1101
February 3rd,2016
Professor Young
Is Lying Really Bad?
Everyone has different opinions of whether or not lying is necessary depending on the situation or not needed at all no matter the situation. Me personally I try my hardest not to lie to anyone at any given moment because I don’t find it necessary to give false information to someone. For as long as I can remember I’ve been told that I could be too honest for my own good and that I may lose friends over it. On the other hand, I do understand lying depending on the situations. Sometimes it may be easier to lie to someone to spare their feelings for the moment. For example, if one of your closest friends are venting to you about something drastic that is going on in their life and then they ask you how you are doing and you reply I’m fine even if you're not. I believe it’s okay to lie in that instance simply because your friends need you and you would come off as insensitive if you just dumped all your problems on them without fully helping them first. A motto I follow by is “what is done in the dark will come to the light”. Which basically means no matter how well you cover your secrets or how elaborate your lies are, they will always come out and the truth will be told. As a result, the person or group of people you have lied too will now see you as unreliable, untrustworthy and it may destroy the relationship you have. 
Great point Jazz. How would your last couple of sentences connect to Onion? Did he become an untrustworthy person because of his lie? In what way can you make this connection?
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