The Truth Hurts!

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Ouch! The truth hurts, or would a lie hurt worse? Many a time people say they want to know the truth, but if that truth inflicts pain is it still worth it? When you have food in your teeth and a friend lets you know do you thank them, or do you wish they had kept their mouth shut. Although, when they told you, you where quite possibly embarrassed, it passed. In the long run you should have been grateful. Your friend saved you from a potential worse embarrassment to come. Many things are much more important than a miniscule amount of food stuck between the crevices of your teeth. These are the things that make the question on saving a person from pain and inflicting it unintentionally a hard one to answer.
A harmless lie is an untruth told for some reason to accomplish one thing or another. A type of lie told about the size of a fish that was caught but “got away.” A person might also tell a fib to keep another person from pain.
Say that person A tells person B that person C has an ugly haircut. When person C asks person B what person A told person B, it would not be in person B’s best intentions to tell person C the truth. Person B could say that person A said that person C’s haircut was ok but that they liked it the way that it was before. Thus, person B protects person C from the harsh words said, but that person still gets the point.
A harmless lie and a hurtful truth are alike one another in that both will eventually cause pain. Both of the two painful possibilities can be helpful to a person. On one hand to be told the truth you can potentially fix or rework the problem. When told a lie it could be helpful in that you won’t overreact or become upset.
A hurtful truth is a truth that is told to you that is distressing. This kind of truth may cause a stinging sensation but with calm rational thinking and plenty of forgiveness it will subside within a few days. Sometimes a hurtful truth is exactly what a person needs t...