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[QUOTE]Originally posted by ?????: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by MK the Most Interlectual: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Almaz.: it seems that in many cultures it is very normal to lie a little, and to hide the truth, and to pretend certain things never happened. It seems to be a way of life. In Egypt, if you say the truth to your teacher or your boss or a colleague, very often you hear: is this a lie? with a suspicious look. In the Middle East in general and in Mediterranean countries it is also the same, like Spain, Italy, Portugal etc..'White' lies seem to be so normal. When people lie in general, how can they trust others? When people treat people harshly, putting them down, how can they expect to be nicely treated in return? Just wondering and thinking out loud, I guess ;) [/QUOTE]Exactly what I was thinking. I just can't stand the amount of lying in our culture. I know a guy who became a multi-millionaire based on a double lie. You see, he opened a clinic only to do Hymenorrhaphy (Hymen Repair) for the non-virgins about to be married for the first time. Those young ladies lied about their virginity, and he lied to them about "repairing their hymen", because what he's actually doing is pulling the wall of the vagina together a bit so it would bleed when penetrated. Something that most of them wouldn't experience even if they were virgins. Becoming rich based on one big myth is the ultimate Egyptian lie. [/qb][/QUOTE]I think that people who are lying in general, also never trust somebody else, because of the way they are themselves. I have expierenced this many times. Also I expierenced the big amount of lies, and considering it as 'normal' to justify the lies within the family and friends, the so called 'covering each other'. To me the this is the ultimate Egyptian lie, somebody is lying and numbers of people cover him up, telling lies for their own, for many reasons. Because they are ashamed/loss of face. Because they get benefits out of the lies. Because they are afraid for unpleasant consequences. Because they want to protect somebody from their own, etc.etc. But there also can be a reason to be suspicious against strange people, when people have been damaged by such a person, or persons. I can imagine that, if somebody is honest and sincere and he expects others to do the same to him, sometimes can be hit hard as soon as he realised that the one(s) he trusted, in real has been a big liar. When the lies have been big enough, or the consequences of that lie are heavy/strong, people can get that suspicious that they have problems in trusting people. Not because of they way they are, but because of what has been done to them... In case of the hymen-repair-clinic, its a case of one liar cheating the other liar. Under pressure of society... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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