BEWARE: THE MASTERS OF ‘TRUE LIES’
The term “True Lies” is
not related to the 1994 blockbuster action movie of Arnold Schwarzenegger but
if you googled it, 99% percent of the results produced are very much related to
the movie. So I searched the list of idioms and
idiomatic expressions and found no
trace of the
phrase.
But after using the application
called “Google Translate”, I came out
with the Filipino translation “Totoong Kasinungalingan” which,
for me is the perfect
translation I was looking for.
This translation of the term “true
lies” is what may be considered 100% absolute lie. Lying is something which
everyone commits in everyday life since
our childhood days. Yes, no one can escape from the reality that all people have
irresistively lied in one way or another as stated in the world’s all-time bestselling
book, “The Bible”. Saint Paul wrote to the Romans in chapter 3
verse 4, that says, "God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a
liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and
mightiest overcome when thou art judged”.
Yes, no one is exempted from lying.
One type of lie is “white lie” which is a more subtle kind of lie. This is
being used, for example, when administering a bitter tasting medicine to a
child and knew that most probably, he would just spit it out. In situations
like this, the white lie usually comes in by telling the child that it tastes
fruity sweet as candy so it will not put into waste and the child will recover
from his ailment.
This lie is considered harmless and
that it can be applied in order to protect your loved ones or to avoid
destruction of relationships.
“Half-truth” is another type of lie
with a dash of a little truth or sometimes with 50/50 content -- half-true and
half-lie. This is usually employed by
gossipmongers to sound more convincing to their listeners (victims) which after
sometime will become a word-of-mouth, that is, spreading across the
neighborhood.
“Psuedologia Fantastica”, also known
as pathological lying is another example
of a “true lie”. This is a type of mental illness
that have compulsive lying that
in the long run the persons who acquired this kind of disorder believed that
they are telling the truth and unaware that they are only fooling themselves by
living in the world of fantasy.
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After learning brief descriptions of
some of the many forms of the word “lie” and a mental disorder on lying then we
already have an idea it is up to us to decipher the words we hear from
influential people like preachers, politicians, especially from the political
candidates who will run for a position this coming barangay elections.
Our unsolicited advice or suggestion
to our fellow residents/voters here in our community is for us to always
remember to make some time to verify and ask for proof or physical evidence
from the liars gallivanting in our community. These cohorts of political
wannabes have been coached to tell tall tales to residents who are unaware of
the truth.
Please check their characters,
backgrounds, real objectives, attitudes (if possible); what have they done to
improve the community and what future will they bring to our neighborhood. Let
us not be fooled by these people who may be wittingly or unwittingly trying to
lead us to go back to where we were twenty years ago, where there was rampant proliferation of
drugs, frequent fraternity wars, and unclean surroundings.
Let us learn and profit from the
experiences of the past. Let us not give these charlatans a chance to mislead
and waylay us from the true path which our barangay under the present
leadership has been leading us into. Let us
reject and totally repudiate the importuning's of these people who are
masters of the art of making and spreading
“True Lies” to mislead us.
Let us not cast our lot on the wrong
people. Let us think of progress, not retrogress, upgrade not retrograde.
Let us unite and stand on the side of
those who have proven themselves as tested and highly capable leaders. (Avery Cruz)
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