Thursday, November 29, 2012

a world with no evil.

there is a movie called the Invention of Lying, basically it is two guys who live in a world where no one lies, no one knows what lying is, everyone tells the truth 100% of the time. One day these guys figure out that they can lie and no one will question them; for example, they both get very drunk one afternoon and get pulled over for drunk driving. The cop gives him a breathalyzer test and of course he fails, because he is drunk! but his friend looks at the cops and says officer, he's not drunk! and the officer apologizes profusely  and lets them go even though the proof was right in his hands that the man was actually drunk. imagine how many lies you tell on a weekly basis, or even just a daily basis. whether it be telling your teacher you left your homework at home when you really didnt do it, telling your mom you did your homework when you didnt, even the littlest white lies. a world without lying sound pretty impossible. i think all of us would agree that lying is a bad thing, sure you can make multiple arguments that in certain situations its the better thing to do but all in all its a bad thing. but just because i lie does that make me a bad person? no, it just means sometimes i do bad things. and this applies to everyone. our world is not black and white, our world is gray. the same goes for good and evil.

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