Of Lies and Consequences

Lying is so much an integral part of our everyday lies that we have lost any sense of guilt associated with petty lies. Furthermore, consequences of telling the truth have long past surpassed the consequences of lying.

Meaning, it is far easier to lie your way out of a situation than it is to admit the truth and get on with it.

Now we need to redefine the characteristics of a lie. In times long ago, when the grass was greener and men were greater, when one would still drink tapwater without running it through a carbon filter and have sex in a Cadillac’s back seat without having to worry about rogue photographers, lying was the action of stating something that included false facts, or led somebody to false actions or beliefs – or even, leaving out the truth.

White lies are no more.

Nowadays lying is stating something that will lead to somebody being arrested or carnally punished. Everything else is considered “not stating the full truth”.

However misleading, then, is the half-truth, it’s still the truth and nothing but the truth. Truthful people are, in modern society (+clichééÉ+), appreciated as prolongers of moral culture and so forth and whatnot.

Now, given that everybody is innocent until proven guilty, and your average lie is not put under trial, everybody’s innocent. No guilt, no lie. That’s how it works. This in turn means that nobody lies, some simply get fucked over more than other do.

I’ll put an end to this trail of thought before I start getting into details and the horrible truth gets any uglier than it already is.

All of the above is a lie, meaning the truth.