As the saying goes "Honesty is the best policy." What do you think?
Perhaps some may argue that "white lies" are manipulated with the attempt to avoid humiliated feelings to others, others may use lies, being inclined to conceal their ineffable secrets, whereas still others may insist on "truths" whether the "truths" are fake or not.
Generally speaking, I assume NONE in the world is prone to be deceived, especially by trustworthy or beloved friends, upon which the rapport and sense of trust have been built up between both sides. It is a human nature that people want to listen to truths rather than lies; for example, in school context, one of teachers’ responsibilities is to transmit or provide factual knowledge to students. All the information must be accurate and informative. Supposed students received non-factual knowledge, then what would happen to the world? Paradoxically, however, it is also human nature that people sometimes want to listen to lies rather than truths; for instance, some authorities would like to listen to flatteries from brown noses, on the one hand, for psychological fulfillments, and on the other hand, for artificial hypnosis, from which they trigger themselves to put more effort on challenges. Take another interesting example: males are fond of accepting fake orgasm pretended by females; again, for psychological and physical attainments sake!!!
So what do you think about the human nature: LIES or TRUTHS? It depends on situations you confront with. This is not a right-or-wrong but a conditional question: it depends on how you think and behave as well as on whom you interact with. There is a circle involving ineffable secrets (white lies), real lies, truths, intrapersonal viewpoints, interpersonal interaction, and interlocutors. Not only do languages convey one’s intended meaning, say, lies or truths, but also paralinguistic cues manifest one’s personalities and behaviors. As for people who are sensitive to negligible trivialities and who are adept at both linguistic and paralinguistic meanings, one had better not lie to him or her (even a white lie) because he or she may just pretend nothing happens but in fact, he or she gets hurts and conceals their feelings inside his or her mind. The rapport and sense of trust may be destroyed inadvertently due to LIES.
In short, what do you think about the old saying “Honest is the best policy”? You can dispute over this issue, but as for me, it really works because I firmly believe that reciprocal honesty betters the relationships among you and your trustworthy or beloved friends.
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