Have you or anyone you have known ever had to "give a lie to dogs" in order to save yourself despite the fact that it may have hurt others? Did it affect others as a result?
What was the situation (keep anonymous with pseudo name if necessary) and what eventually happened?
How did it make you or this person feel afterwards?
Most people have lied to save themselves through out their life time. I can remember a particular situation I was in not that long ago. A friend of mine had snitched me out to the cops for something. I felt that it was wrong of her to do that. So when they came to my house one day i told them a little lie. I did feel sort of bad making my friend look like a liar, but in the end everything worked out ok. (Case has been settled)
ReplyDeleteI can relate to what you said. There was a time when my friend had snitched me out for something that had happened. Of course I got upset, I snitched her out as well when the situation had came back to me. At the time I didn't care what I was saying about her because of how upset I was. I had said a little lie about her. I also felt bad at the end of the day.
DeleteIt's never a good thing to throw someone under the bus, even if it's an "eye for an eye." everyone does it at some point in their lives, but still, it's not morally right.
DeleteIt is wrong, and yet some of us do it, even on a simple level, but it is those who have no regret for doing so that are really the "dogs" in society!
Deletebut at the same time if i was her i wouldn't have snitched , my name would have never even been in it, the cops wouldn't have asked me for a statement and i wouldn't have had to lie to save myself /:
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DeleteHave you or anyone you have known ever had to "give a lie to dogs" in order to save yourself despite the fact that it may have hurt others? Did it affect others as a result?
ReplyDeleteWhat was the situation (keep anonymous with pseudo name if necessary) and what eventually happened?
How did it make you or this person feel afterwards?
One time i had to lie to the cop when I was smoking a cigarette in the schools doug out. The school cop officer Walbert came and I had just finished and he asked me if I was smoking and I lied and said i was not. The officer replied and said that he could smell it and he was gonna take me to the office. I lied and blamed it on Paul who was standing next to me and he had a pack of cigarettes on him. I got off the hook and I went inside to and headed to my class. Eventually Paul got taken to the office and in school suspended for 3 days. Eventually we talked again and I hung out with Paul and bought us some food and apologize because I felt bad for getting him in trouble when he was not the one smoking.
Seriously? I know guys handle situations like this differently than girls, but that better have been some really expensive or huge amount of food!
DeletePoor Paul...why wasn't he mad at you for what you did
DeleteBecause Paul gets in trouble a lot and he was happy to get suspended. And we hang out now like nothing happened. and We are good friends
DeleteYes there was a time when I broke my dads hair clippers. A couple of days later my dad was going to give himself a haircut, and when he went to look for them he realized a piece of the clippers was broken off and missing. When my dad realized the clippers were broken he yelled and asked who had broke them, I quickly replied "not me, ask Sean". Sean is my younger brother, after I had told he was grounded because my dad knew him as the main one to use them. That is the time I "gave a lie to a dog" in order to save myself.
ReplyDeleteYou would be the one to break clippers and than blame your little brother. But at least you got away with it.
DeleteI am getting the feeling that this is what little brothers are for, to blame things on?
Delete@Lopez. Haven't you ever "thrown someone under the bus"? (Not literally)
DeleteEveryone I think has lied to save him or herself. I came home after practice starving and went into the fridge. There was a cheesecake box that said “ DON’T EAT!” but I couldn’t resist. I ate the last piece of cheesecake and when asked I said not me I been at practice. The only person left was my little brother so mom without asking him grounded him. Afterward I felt happy because he has gotten me in trouble so it was payback. This is how I lied to save myself.
ReplyDeletehaha nice, i like how you found yourself happy after her got grounded. (:
DeleteI rest my case. That's what brothers are for.
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ReplyDeleteYes, there were several of times in my life when I had to "give a lie to dogs" to save myself and others at other times as well. To explain, there was time in class when someone, I don't know who, had written something on the black board regarding to the teacher. Not going to say what it was because it Isn't school appropriate. Well, the teacher saw it on the board and had gotten upset so, he told us that we weren't allowed to leave the class until someone confess on who wrote it. Of course the person wasn't going to open up nor was any one else. I wanted to leave and I know everyone else did to so, I decided to lie and say it was me.
ReplyDeleteWOw. How did you feel afterwards though? And did others respect you more for doing it? Did the actual "criminal" ever approach you? Really, I want to know!
DeleteOh My Gosh, How Didn't I feel afterwards! I was so upset. I wanted to mess the person up so bad. I got in trouble for something I didn't even do. The other students did respect me in a way because I helped them out. Others didn't even really care because it wasn't them who did it and "nobody told me to say it was me" like they said. Yes, the actual "criminal" did approach me. They apologized and said thanks for taking the blame. They didn't know it was going to turn out like it did. I can care less now though.
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DeleteI had this incidence happen to me many times in 4th grade, the only thing is the teacher always knew who it was. Every time my classmates and I would take the blame she won't accept it until the real person took the blame.
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DeleteYes. This has happened to me plenty of times for the fact that I'm such a good friend but others may not think so. About 2 yeas ago, one of my friends had something wrong with him that only I knew about. Everyone kept asking me why he wasn't in school and such on. I always answered, "That's not my place to tell you the reason." So everyone, of course, started to spread rumors about him and saying I was talking crap about him saying so many ridiculous things. The day he came back to school, people did tell him that I said things and of course I didn't admit to saying it because I didn't say anything. But it came to the conclusion that the person starting rumors about me was him so I just said that yes I did say what I didn't. Now he realizes that I didn't say it and that he was wrong the whole time.
ReplyDelete"I’ve been walked on, used and forgotten and I don’t regret one moment of it because in those moments, I’ve learned a lot. I’ve learned who I can trust and can’t. I’ve learned the meaning of friendship. I’ve learned how to tell when people are lying and when they’re sincere. I’ve learned how to be a teenager, and how to grow up when I need to. I’ve been to hell and back a few times, and I won’t ever take what I have for granted this is life, live it one day at a time. You never know how many days you’ve got left. Just remember, your closest friends will be your worst enemy."
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ReplyDeleteThere have been many times in my life when I had to "give a lie to dogs". I was selfishly just thinking about me and not others. One example I can remember is one night about 4 years ago in I believe the time of November or October. My brother and sister were in my room watching t.v. with me. My sister was laying at the bottom of the bed. She kept talking it was almost as annoying as a dog whistle. I got so fed up with her talking so I kicked her off my bed. She got so upset she picked up scissors and through them our way. She thought my brother kicked her off so she tried to through the scissors at him. Unfortunately her aiming sucked horribly at that time and she hit me right on the side of my face. When my mom got home my sister told her what she thought my brother did. As a result my mother grounded my brother for "kicking her off," and my sister for throwing the scissors. I felt so bad I watched my brother get grounded for something he didn't do. The next day I felt so guilty so I told him what I had done. He snitched me out, which I deserved. I got yelled at, fortunately I didn't get grounded.
ReplyDeleteI always let my sister take the blame for me to! But then I start to feel bad... Lol but that's good you confessed because if it was up to me I would've let her stay in trouble! Hehehe
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ReplyDeleteThere have been many times in my life when I had to "give a lie to dogs" to save myself and others at other times as well. However, it has never been about anything major. For example, if I could blame something on my brother to keep myself from getting in trouble, without hurting him, I would. An example would be when I lied to my dad about who had people over while he was in Barbados. Last year while my dad and step mom were in Barbados I had people over and they ended up overflowing my hot tub. When my dad came home he noticed the low water level and the first person he asked about it was me. I blamed it on my older brother and his girlfriend. My brother ended up getting in trouble, but it wasn't that bad. I feel bad about getting him in trouble but he is twenty and I was only sixteen. If my dad would have found out that I had people over not my brother, I would have gotten is so much more trouble than my brother did.
ReplyDeleteGiving a "lie to dogs" is more like satisfying the immoral people rather than keeping your dignity. John Proctor had to give a lie to the judges (dogs) in order to save himself. He blatantly said he did something he did not, in order to make them happy, but not have his dignity. In your case, your parents weren't "dogs," or corrupted.
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ReplyDeletePeople always feel like they have to "give a lie to dogs" just so they can save themselves even though they knew they were in the wrong. For example, this lady I know was doing bad things in her job like scams with other friends. They stopped doing it because they didn't want to get it trouble, they thought they could've got away with it but that's not case. Anyways, now she is very scared because cops are on to them and are starting to question her, she has been snitching everyone else out just to save herself. It has effected her and her family because they know she isn't going to get away with this easy. Also, she is scared to lose everything and everyone
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