Weaving throughout the depths and about the seams of society
are lies. In between the stitches of the present are lies. Beneath the fabric
of the future are lies. Lying is inevitable. Everybody lies. Whether you’re
lying directly to someone, or indirectly or even to yourself… you can’t escape
it. Lying is just too believable, because the truth (being the antonym of lies)
can be quite unbelievable. That is
what makes lying so common. The truth is hard. Lying is simple, easy. People
just can’t face the cold, hard face of the truth, where truth is reality. We
take the easy way out. We lie.
Society is a quilt continuing on
and on; weary stitches clinging onto history. History however, is faded with
our lies. As is our present. Some events, so buried with lies, we aren’t sure what
to believe. Although, sometimes it is good for us not to know the entire truth
about everything there is to know. I know, my point (the truth is hard and
lying is good) is very unbelievable. But doesn’t that make it the truth?
But every lie is created for a
reason unlike the truth, which is fact. And reasons can be for a purpose of
true worthy or for hurt. And lying is often stereotyped as an untrustworthy
deed of evil, which I believe to be incorrect. Just because something has
potential of hurt, does not shame all purposes it has for good. Lies have good
intentions…So let me give you the truth about lying.
Parents
are dedicated to upbringing a child that will flourish to their entire
potential. But in the process, they
have to protect them from knowledge. Knowledge, for our sake of humanity, is
not good to have too much of; especially at a young age. Knowledge can be as
hard as the truth, and to protect a child’s innocence and purity, they must
blind them from that forbidden knowledge. And to do that, they might have to
lie a little bit about how things really are; they have to protect them from
the scary truths. Parents, also for the
benefit for their child, will lie about these commonly known mythical
creatures: Santa, St. Nick, Easter Bunny, Leprechauns, etc… These myths are
intended for the fun and joy of children. They are what children believe in,
because magical beings are such fun in their minds and help develop their imaginations.
And with that, more and more jobs these days are intertwined with using
creativity and imagination, because more than half of the top 8 jobs
incorporating imagination involve technical development, which dominates most
of America’s citizens’ careers.[1] Kids,
of course, are too ignorant to disobey or not to believe their parents, which
makes lying for the parents much, much easier. So when they tell their child to
clean their room before dark or else the Laundry Monster will come out and eat
them…they’ll believe it. That was what my parents told me as a child, and now
it’s a natural routine to clean and reorganize my room before I go to bed. And
what all started that routine? A lie.
The U.S. Government also has a
role with lies. We can’t expect such a large organization to tell the whole
truth about all of its operations…that just doesn’t happen. When people suspect
lies coming from the government, they assume that conspiracies are occurring.
Supposing that all of the possible conspiracy acts are true, we can pull out
all of the reasons why it’s good that they’re lying to us. The John F. Kennedy shooting of the 1960s,
Airforce training exercises going wrong
every time something happens to a jet , and the Vietnam war really being about
something else (like drugs and money) are all for the benefit for the U.S.A.
because even if they do lie about some of these specific events, it is for our
own good. If they wanted us to know what really occurred with all of these
happenings, they would tell us. If they
did, however, tell the truth about the shootings, crashes, and wars, dire
actions could take place. We would probably revolt against the government
because they lied to us. Or, it is also a possibility for some people to think
that aliens were taking over if there was an unidentified object that crashed
an Airforce Jet, which would also start a chaotic stage in the US as well.
Either way, we should be happy they lied to us, because we do not want our
country to crash all because of stupid white lies…. (Assuming that the
conspiracies are true of course.)
Lying
also takes its effect in random places of society. People of all different
locations lie for one reason: to protect others. When shopping, someone might
ask their companion or “shopping partner” for advice about clothing. They might
ask this common question: “Does this make me look fat?” And considering the obesity
rate in the US is 35.7%[2], it
wouldn’t surprise me if the answer was “yes”.
But of course, they would lie and say “no”, to protect their self esteem and
confidence. Self respect is far too valuable to lose, and people these days
will do anything to keep it intact. Even lie.
As
you can see, lying is inevitable. Everybody lies. Because lies are the true stitches of society. Without them, other
practical events wouldn’t happen in the sheet fabric of the future. They bind
us together, a positive force that pulls the remaining threads into a tie of
time. They blind us together, as we are all victims of lies. But everyone has
to be in the dark sometimes, we might as well accept the truth…Although, the
truth is hard. Lying is simple, easy.
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