People lie, lots of times every single day. We rationalize it, put them in little categories to make them seem justifiable. There’s no such thing as white lies or beige lies. They don’t come in colors, they just come in bunches, one after the other, mostly about things that didn’t need to be lied about.
In many, many situations it’s just easier to lie than to tell the truth. I seem to excel in bearing false witness, so one day I counted.
You know those little bins at airline gates that say, “If your carry-on bag doesn’t fit in here it won’t fit in the overhead compartment?” Well, soon, next to it, there will be another, larger container. All prospective passengers will be asked to limbo into it and the sign on the outside says, “If you can’t fit into this container you cannot fit onto this plane.”
You have been teleported to this planet from a far-off galaxy. You know very little about humans, but you’ve been told they have free will and that most have reasoned judgment. Before you have the chance to cruise the Sunset Strip or consume sixty-four ounces of soda an earthling hands you something called a newspaper. He calls your attention to the front page where there is written a question-and-answer article between a writer and two famous humans. Having just arrived in this solar system you are completely unfamiliar with those answering the questions, still, you are encouraged to read on.