Do you lie to friends?

[Thorne]

Speaking of intercourse.... shall we "_ _ _ k"?

Oh for crying out loud!

Somebody get a hose. Oz woke up from his nap.

[brwneydgirl]

On another note, if you should see me sometime, and I look like shit, or my fly is unzipped, or there is toilet paper hanging out the back of my pants. Please do tell me, I would rather have one moment of embarrassment than an entire day.

I will be first in line to tell you that your fly is unzipped...then again, I might just enjoy the view for a while before I tell you...is that a lie of omission?

[TantricSoul]

^
Take your time and enjoy the view beg, then when your satiated please do take a moment to pass along the

xyzpdq.

lol ... you're awesome.

[Ozme52]

Oh for crying out loud!

Somebody get a hose. Oz woke up from his nap.

LMAO... what's wrong with a little talk?

[thir]

And therein lies the problem with questions such as this. We have different definitions.

So when you say it's never okay to lie... and I say it is... we maybe saying exactly the same thing... with different definitions of what constitutes a lie but the same definition of acceptable intercourse.

I do not think so..I still think lying is a pestilence in all but a few very special situations - like to save someone's life or the like. I do not believe in 'white lies for the sake of the person lied to' - I think it is patronising. I do not think black lies are good either.

Omission of information is different - and hard to define. And that is why I say there is such a thing as more info than people asked for.

Speaking of intercourse.... shall we "_ _ _ k"?

Ah, Spring has come to you as well, has it? ;-))))))))))

[leo9]

This is a little tricky for me, because in my culture we never ask 'how are you' as a greeting, and I have to guess a little here.

It is my impression that "how are you" is a greeting similar to 'goddag' (good day) a culturally consensus of how to greet someone politely. Not meant as an actual question about your life or well being.

I think it was the American poet Ogden Nash who wrote:
Don't tell your friends about your indigestion.
"How are you" is a greeting, not a question.

[leo9]

I do not think so..I still think lying is a pestilence in all but a few very special situations - like to save someone's life or the like. I do not believe in 'white lies for the sake of the person lied to' - I think it is patronising.

More than patronising, it's arrogant.

I'm reminded of an episode of "Voyager" we saw recently. The holographic Doctor discovers a gap in his memory a year and a half old, apparently related to a vanished crew member. It turns out (SPOILER WARNING)















that the crewman died on the operating table in circumstances which sent him into a cybernetic breakdown, and Torres deleted the memory to save him. So now they have to decide whether to do it again... and the conclusion is that the Doctor has become a person, and when people have problems, friends help them cope, not decide unilaterally to keep information from them for their own good.

[brwneydgirl]

xyzpdq.

OMG!!! Did you sit behind me in 8th grade Social Studies class? I didn't think anybody said that besides me...LOL