Posted on 01/23/2012 1:57:02 PM PST by RoosterRedux
The next time it feels like dishonesty will be an expedient path to success, remind yourself of any of the following 10 reasons to walk the line, then do so:
Lying Doesn’t Work. Much of Jon Lovitz’s comedic genius derives from the ability to confront us with what we despise in ourselves (and others) in a way that breaks through defenses but does not offend. That’s why we laugh at Tommy Flanagan: It cuts to the quick. But when it isn’t Lovitz doing the lying for Tommy, we find guys like Flanagan disgusting.
Do not confuse the fact that liars aren’t regularly called on the carpet and exposed for what they are with acceptance. Long before laws of political correctness complicated interpersonal interactions beyond repair, folks were loath to scream, “You Lie” (as Congressman Joe Wilson did in response to President Obama’s address on healthcare), when someone’s nose is in jeopardy of growing longer than Pinocchio’s. Lies told to us are noted, stored in a safe place, and used when the time comes to lower the boom on the con artists we can no longer tolerate.
Lying About Others Is Worse Than Duplicitous Self-enhancement. To underscore the contention that folks know liars and loathe them, remind yourself how you reacted the last time you heard invectives being spread. If you are psychologically healthy your reaction was, “If he’s maligning Jack he’ll do the same to me…” Most folks simply feel disgusted and rebuff the malicious Yenta when he starts poisoning a person’s reputation. Me; I call them out. If you think that boasting to advance your cause is bad, bad-mouthing others or putting them down to climb to the top on their backs is universally viewed as being repugnant.
Telling The Truth Will Rarely, If Ever, Shame You...
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive”
Sir Walter Scott.
Perhaps all the bad grammar in this article is contained in the excerpt, and now that I’m through the worst of it, if I click through and read the whole thing, I might find interesting ideas properly and elegantly presented ... nah, something tells me not so much.
I would have fixed that bad grammar but I was on the phone with my girlfriend, Morgan Fairchild.;-)
Rebuttal: Bill Clinton.
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