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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 09:45 AM
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Poll question: Lying is cool!
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Donkeyboy75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 09:49 AM
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1. It's cool when you lie to spare others' feelings...
or when you want attention.
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 09:50 AM
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3. Like when you tell kids that Santa Claus is alive...
...in order to spare them from the knowledge that dad killed him last year, thinking he was a burglar?
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Donkeyboy75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 11:02 AM
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10. He WAS a burglar.
That fucking Santa Claus! :grr:
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 09:51 AM
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4. I'll go along with that.
Good answer. :-)
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snoochie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 10:09 AM
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8. Also good when done for humor.
Or to keep from getting in trouble. ;)
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 09:50 AM
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2. Only When It Gets The Liar Lots Of Sympathy Or Praise...
Edited on Wed Dec-22-04 09:56 AM by arwalden
and when it makes the liar appear to be clever, or important, or intelligent, or in danger, or victimized, or brave, or a hero.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 09:52 AM
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6. *snicker*
roflmao
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 09:51 AM
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5. Link, please?
:evilgrin:
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 10:08 AM
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7. Truly White Lies Are Good
The intention is not to cover one's own rear, but to protect someone else's feelings. That's only a lie in the most technical way, but it's probably a good thing.
The Professor
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 10:10 AM
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9. I really like you alot Hedges
Hey! It IS cool!
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 11:15 AM
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11. Not just cool, but fun too!
Whenever I lie, I get a 14" woody! Hey! That was cool!!!!
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 11:21 AM
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12. I could introduce you to a bunch of dudes
who seem to be under the delusion that lying is 'hot.'
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-04 11:24 AM
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13. It depends on your motive- who you're trying to protect, and, to
a somewhat lesser extent, why.

Lying to protect yourself from some kind of repercussion is almost always wrong.

Lying to protect others is, in many cases, right.

It has to do with integrity.

I'm kind of a "liar" freak, though- I think lying is the worst sin in the world. Sooo...
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