Ralph K. Ginorio 201-INS: THE PRICE OF A LIE

It is sometimes thought that telling a lie merely harms the individual who is telling the lie, the silent witness who is abiding the lie, or the person who is slandered by the lie. However, our willingness to tell, "little white lies" for the sake of expedience has a terrible power. Our lies can literally reshape our common reality from one based on objective truth to one rooted in ideological propaganda. We must stop allowing ourselves to be emotionally blackmailed into abiding or abetting someone else's lie. If we fail to bear witness to truth, we render ourselves unfit for freedom!