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Lies! Lies!

“I SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH” – LIES OF COMMISSION

If someone tells you something that is not a fact then we call this a lie of commission. This type of lie is telling someone something that is simply not true. You’re twisting the truth to create a (usually more favorable) version of something that happened.
Suppose I knew it was raining outside and you asked me about the weather. “Oh no problem, it’s perfectly sunny outside!” You would now be making a decision to dress for sunny weather based on the wrong information you were given.

“THE WHOLE TRUTH” – LIES OF OMISSION

Another type of lie is one where you leave out an important part of information, hence the name lie of omission. In this lies, someone omits an important detail from a statement. These are nasty lies because they’re harder to spot and take less effort from the person who is lying.

Every now and then, we are faced with the fact that we lie; we can and will be our choice whether to comfort or protect us or whatever our reasons may be. In the same way, we became the receiving end of lie/s whether we accept it or not.

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Posted by on September 2, 2017 in Rants and Raves

 

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