Tonight 20/20 had an episode about liars. They were big ass lies-someone saying they had cancer and getting mega-donations, etc.
I'm wondering. Is a big lie worse than a "little" lie? Is telling someone that you're dying of cancer any worse than telling someone that you "forgot" to bring back a borrowed camera when the truth is that you hadn't used it yet?
Is there a degree of fault in lies? Or are all liars to be judged the same whether or not the lie resulted in financial loss to the person who was lied to?
My inclination, because I've had the misfortune to be involved with a person who claimed to be my friend, but lied to me and about me, is that there is no "degree" of lying. Unless there is a fudging of the truth when truth would cause unnecessary harm, lying is lying. And, I hate liars.
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