2007-06-20 07:02:30 · 27 answers · asked by Marianne not Ginger™ 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Silence implies consent, and that can be a loud lie. I remember once a music teacher said the loudest most dramatic musical notes were the silent notes. I think a conversation can be the same way.
2007-06-20 07:06:39 · answer #1 · answered by Steve C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe that lying can be done with words and silence, cause sometimes not saying anything when you know that something isn't true is the same as lying
2007-06-20 14:07:39 · answer #2 · answered by alirob66 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True. Lying is lying,regardless. People can lie in their silence,just as much as their words. Just as you can be a participant in a criminal act just by being there or knowing about it, and not doing anything to prevent it. Does that make sense to you? I know what I'm trying to say,but I'm not sure if it's coming out right in type.
2007-06-20 14:11:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe this a guy thing, but I'd say no. Lying, as I understand it, is the deliberate speaking of a known falsehood for one's own ends. As we cannot control the mental processes of others, to stay silent and deliberately not confirm a known truth cannot be the same thing, because it technically and of itself provides no information for the suppositions of the asker to be based on. If we lie we seek to influence the suppositions, if we stay silent, the suppositions have to stand as the possessions of their owner, not as things created by the silence.
2007-06-21 02:57:28 · answer #4 · answered by mdfalco71 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean lying by ommission, then YES. Get this story: my ex-husband attended a football game with his brothers and brother-in-law one time. The next day, I asked him what time they had gotten home because I had been in bed. He told me it was late because they had stopped somewhere on the way home. I asked where they stopped and he said he didn't remember the name of it and it was just for a beer or two. I let it go but then later, when talking to my sister-in-law she told me she was so upset. I asked why and she said "Because of where they stopped last night on the way home." I told her it was just a bar and she said "No...it was a strip club named The Climax". THAT was when I got upset...not because he stopped there but because he claimed he forgot the name of the place...how do you forget the name of a bar called The Climax??? And he never understood that by not telling me it was a strip bar that he was lying by ommission. If he'd have been up front, I would have laughed about it and that would have been the end of it.
2007-06-20 14:27:58 · answer #5 · answered by Cyndie 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes. It is lying by omission. It is a legal term. One can be convicted of it, but it is a lesser charge than outright lying. Were you lying to me last night, or was it your body language that spoke volumes? Anyway, legally, knowing the truth and not saying what you know is a crime.
2007-06-20 14:53:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lying via silence can only be accomplished by a blatant omission of fact, not by silence itself.
Just a thought...
2007-06-20 14:12:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A wise man one said, "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice". I think it was about 1982 or so. Moving on, no. The sound of silence cannot be heard.
2007-06-20 16:23:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, when you with hold the truth by not speaking up that is the same as if you were lying with words.
2007-06-20 14:08:15 · answer #9 · answered by mommyof4 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. Speaking untruth is lying, intentional omission is a form of lying.
2007-06-20 14:10:21 · answer #10 · answered by Icewomanblockstheshot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋