I have to say that I do agree with Stephanie Ericsson and that eveyone tells a lie. Everyone has told a white lie in their life. When I think of a white lie, I think of when a person says something to not hurt someone's feelings. For example, that dress does look good. People have a hard time telling the truth especially if it will hurt a person's feelings.
The lie that was told about the Sargent that new one of his men was killed but didn't be honest about it. Instead he listed him as missing was the worst of a white lie. That is the ugly side of white lies. I understand that it's hard to be honest when you feel that a person will be hurt, however, something as big as death shouldn't be lied about. The thing about a white lie or any lie for that matter is that you will have to continue on with that lie, whether it be internal or external. For example, when you said the dress looks good and it didn't. You are walking around with that person knowing that the dress looks bad, so internally you are thinking about it and that negativity will actually cause you more stress than if you would have just been honest.
(: Hi Natalie,
ReplyDeleteI was laughing so hard when you mentioned the white lie about a dress looking good, but walking around with that person is even worse. Because you know that deep down it looks terrible, but you are still letting her walk around with it. It would really stress me out if I did that, so telling the truth about a dress is a good thing no matter what.
I agree that death should never be something to lie about. It is already hard enough as it is to lose a loved one but to have a lie on top of that is horrible. My uncle and his wife was murdered in North Carolina but the person made it look like he shot his wife and then himself. Now, that is a lie because my uncle was a happy man. And the worst part is that I was suppose to see him that summer.
Natalie
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. At first i thought the sergeant had done the right thing. However after thinking more about it I can see were that is not the best time to use a white lye . that kind of situation is very serous and white lyes are more appropriate in a less serious almost comical conversation. A in all though it is better to try and tell the truth as much as possible it will make thing easier in the long run