Can I be honest with out telling 100% of the story?
2007-04-20 19:05:16 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I am not a lawyer, but I think that by not "telling all" you can still be truthful.
2007-04-20 19:12:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can be. Omitting is about excluding some details where as lying is falsifying information you are giving. If you are talking about the law it's a crime to not tell them something important. So technically you can tell a true story without telling it all and not be lying but if you start fibbing on some details then you are no longer telling a true story.
2007-04-20 19:11:27 · answer #2 · answered by ~Les~ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. If you deliberately attempt to change the truth by adding or omitting parts of an event, it's all still lying.
2007-04-20 19:08:44 · answer #3 · answered by Speaking_Up 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's lying! a single word omitted can make a whole lot of a difference!
2007-04-20 19:10:45 · answer #4 · answered by Sherluck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the story. If you are purposely leading a person to a false conclusion by exclusion of pertinent details, that is lying, in my opinion.
2007-04-20 19:12:20 · answer #5 · answered by kast_teck 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Court, insurance application, loan application=limited information. Spouse and parents=lying. IRS=keeping the score even. Politicians to the people=standard gov't procedure
2007-04-20 19:15:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like lying by omission. If you simply shorten without changing (deception), that may be the Reader's Digest Condensed version.
2007-04-20 19:11:35 · answer #7 · answered by Cara Beth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It is deceit, which isn't any better. You are omitting details with the intent to deceive. So really it's not very different if you think about it.
2007-04-20 19:09:13 · answer #8 · answered by water lover 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been taught and believe to this day that yes omission of details is lying
2007-04-20 19:07:51 · answer #9 · answered by Cassie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. lt is to cover up something and not wanting others to know about it. lt could be trivial or really grave. lt's like a husband telling his wife he went out for a drink with friends and not telling that he flirted with one of his girl friends and got carried away.
2007-04-20 19:27:36 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you tell your husband you went to the grocery store - but didn't tell him EVERY last thing you bought at the grocery store - no it's not lying
If you tell your husband that you went to the grocery store but don't tell him you went right after you left his best friends motel room - you are lying and since you are asking you probably are lying - now you have to decide if this person is worth coming clean to - if he is going to beat your a.ss he deserves to get lied to if not come clean
2007-04-20 19:09:55 · answer #11 · answered by kim 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋