Ericsson's definition of Omission says that the person telling the lie tells most of the truth with some points left out. I agree with this because a lot of people do this. I remember countless times that when I found out my friend or person I was acquainted with was lying and usually they used omission where they would tell me most of the truth but with some of the key points left out. I suppose people lie to make sure the person on the other end doesn't get hurt but it's really something I try to avoid and not do because it can end up biting you in the butt later. It's just a matter of time before karma catches up to you.
I feel like people lie in order to "lubricate the daily machinery of living" because they feel if like they will hurt the persons feelings if they tell the truth. People aren't able to face reality sometimes so they lubricate the truth. I think it's important to tell the truth no matter what the consequence is. I sure learned my lesson a few times the hard way. I don't think it's possible to be a complete honest person if you tell lies. That defeats the whole point of being honest.
Omitting facts and truth becomes dangerous, omission lying is deceptive just as any other kind of lying. I think these can be avoided just as any for that matter, but to build a solid foundation for ourselves we must not ommitt or leave things out. The black and white sins!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your reading!! Daye
I agree with you completely. When people lie or leave out the crucial details of something it will always catch back up with them. No matter how good the lie was, or who the person they told. In the end it will always catch back up with you and be ten times worse than if you had just told the truth the first time round.
ReplyDeleteYou had a good thesis, and a vey interesting story I really emjoyed reading it. You have a lot of detail and it kept me interested the whole time. One thing to think about maybe is even though you had such a great story, you didn't really explain why it was significant to you except for at the end. You could put more detail into how you felt during your performance or if it was that particular performance out of all the ones in your life that had the most significance or if it was just theatre itself. You said it made you less shy, maybe you could throw in a paragraph about that a little bit. And how it gave structure to your life. Otherwise, good job.
ReplyDeleteHello Catherine,
ReplyDeleteYour worded your response very well. You made me think of how closely an omission lie is related to a pathological lie. I think someone might leave out key details to lie to someone else but most of all they are lying to them self out of habit. A pathological lie is a lie that the liar believes and it sounds like omission lying might be similar. Thank you for your time Catherine.
-B