Lying - Good or Bad?

[Conor]

Hiiii guys, I thought I would make a debate about this.

Do you think lying is a good or bad thing? Lying might be good to spare someones feelings but then it might be bad because they might want to the truth.

I personally thing it's bad because I always tell the truth so I expect others to do the same.

What's your thoughts?

[scottish]

Obviously bad, you're telling someone something in an attempt to deceive them.

[Conor]

Obviously bad, you're telling someone something in an attempt to deceive them.

But what if you're doing it to spare their feelings? Say it was your partner and s/he asked if their butt looked big in a pair of trousers, would you lie then?

[scottish]

But what if you're doing it to spare their feelings? Say it was your partner and she asked if her butt looked big in a pair of trousers, would you lie then?

No, I don't lie.

[James]

I only really lie if it's someone asking if I'm okay or if it's something I don't want to talk about, then I'm just like yeah im fine
Other than that, I try my best not to lie, but let's face it... everyone lies.

[Conor]

I only really lie if it's someone asking if I'm okay or if it's something I don't want to talk about, then I'm just like yeah im fine
Other than that, I try my best not to lie, but let's face it... everyone lies.

Everyone lies yea, but some people are good liars and you can't tell if they are actually lying or not.

[scottish]

I don't lie

[Empired]

As a diagnosed compulsive liar (classy I know) I have to say I don't see honest as black and white like most people do. I don't really have time to explain my case right now () but yeah, I'll throw a spanner into the works and say I'm not that interested in the truth most of the time.

[Conor]

As a diagnosed compulsive liar (classy I know) I have to say I don't see honest as black and white like most people do. I don't really have time to explain my case right now () but yeah, I'll throw a spanner into the works and say I'm not that interested in the truth most of the time.

So if someone asked you to tell the truth, would you still lie?

[Empired]

So if someone asked you to tell the truth, would you still lie?

Depends, it's difficult to say because it really is/was habit rather than me calculating in my head and trying to make things difficult for people; it was just like any other bad habit.

I try and catch myself out now when I notice that I'm doing it and either stop before I say anything untrue or I'll say after like, "actually no that's not what happened..."

So if someone asks me to tell the truth these days and I don't want to I do explicitly say I'm not going to answer, or I just choose not to reply by changing the subject or something.