Lying

Lying has two sides. One is bad and the other is even more than bad. The bad side is when someone lies because of a good reason. He wants to protect himself from something if what is going to happen is not because of his fault and he can see no other way. The other reason might be a want to protect someone’s feelings. Why it is bad then? Because it is against the truth and it is not fair. Truth is an absolute we all should defend because it allows us to function normally. If everybody would start lying everyone would get paranoid. The “more than bad” side of lying is when someone lies just for his own benefit or to avoid a deserved punishment. It can’t be justified with anything so it is evil.

P.S Talking about lying I consider a straightforward, face to face lie not a story for children or a joke because this are not real but make our life more colourful, sometimes even easier to bare with. The fact will all lie sometimes doesn't make lying any better. We can't get rid of it completely but we should limit it to the minimum.