“Whoever is without sin among you, let him be the first to cast a stone at her.”
The other day around the dinner table politics crept into the conversation.
Somebody said, “I won’t vote for Hillary; she lies”.
She lies? Give me a break.
Of course she lies. Not all the time, but occasionally, like anybody else. I lie, you lie, everybody lies.
Show me a man who doesn’t lie and I will show you a corpse.
And can you imagine for a minute a world without lies?
“For people who say they hate being lied to, just start telling them nothing but the pure truth–about everything. That will teach them”
Seth Adam Brown
I don’t condone lies, but I understand their usefulness. Lies are the lubricants that keep the world spinning. Without them we would all kill each other.
And like mushrooms, they come in a great variety. Some are digestible and some are highly poisonous.
Lies can be offensive, defensive, soothing, merciful, compassionate, funny …
“Because everybody lies. It’s part of living in society. Don’t get me wrong-I think it’s necessary. The last thing anyone wants is to live in a society where total honesty prevails. Can you imagine the conversations? You’re short and fat, one person might say, and the other might answer, I know. But you smell bad. It just wouldn’t work.”
Nicholas Sparks
If lies didn’t exist, we would have to invent them.
But there is a big difference between an occasional fibber and a chronic liar.
We can forgive an infrequent fibber but we should not excuse nor believe a compulsive liar.
So yes, Hillary has probably lied a few times. BFD! Don’t we all? Aren’t Cruz or Trump spouting cock-and-bull stories on a daily basis?
When choosing between a seasoned professional and a carnival huckster, I will definitely side with the professional… even if she occasionally errs on the side of inaccuracy.
But winning an election is the easy part. Taming a dysfunctional Congress will really be what separates a woman from the boys.
Alain