22 Jun 11
Originally posted by Great Big SteesI'm not going to tell you what I really think about your OP.
When does the truth NEED to be told?
"Does this dress make me look fat?"
"Where were you on the night of Nov 15th, the night (insert name) was murdered?"
"You're not wearing that shirt with that tie are you?"
22 Jun 11
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Originally posted by Great Big SteesThe climax of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Marlowe conceals Kurtz's last words from his bereaved fiancee.
When does the truth NEED to be told?
http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/526/pg526.txt
"Forgive me. I--I--have mourned so long in silence--in silence. . . . You were with him--to the last? I think of his loneliness. Nobody near to understand him as I would have understood. Perhaps no one to hear. . . ."
"To the very end," I said, shakily. "I heard his very last words. . . ." I stopped in a fright.
"Repeat them," she said in a heart-broken tone. "I want--I want--something--something--to--to live with."
I was on the point of crying at her, "Don't you hear them?" The dusk was repeating them in a persistent whisper all around us, in a whisper that seemed to swell menacingly like the first whisper of a rising wind. "The horror! The horror!"
"His last word--to live with," she murmured. "Don't you understand I loved him--I loved him--I loved him!"
I pulled myself together and spoke slowly.
"The last word he pronounced was--your name."
I heard a light sigh, and then my heart stood still, stopped dead short by an exulting and terrible cry, by the cry of inconceivable triumph and of unspeakable pain. "I knew it--I was sure!" . . . She knew. She was sure. I heard her weeping; she had hidden her face in her hands. It seemed to me that the house would collapse before I could escape, that the heavens would fall upon my head. But nothing happened. The heavens do not fall for such a trifle. Would they have fallen, I wonder, if I had rendered Kurtz that justice which was his due? Hadn't he said he wanted only justice? But I couldn't. I could not tell her. It would have been too dark--too dark altogether. . . .
22 Jun 11
Originally posted by Great Big SteesTell the truth. If you don't...it will come back to bite you sooner or later!
When does the truth NEED to be told?
"Does this dress make me look fat?"
"Where were you on the night of Nov 15th, the night (insert name) was murdered?"
"You're not wearing that shirt with that tie are you?"
25 Jun 11
Originally posted by Great Big Steeskidding aside, it's up to each individual to tell the truth or lie as needed. you can make a decision to always tell the truth, but what if you had to lie in order to save a life? or to save a friendship? to ease a loved ones suffering? it's all a matter of perspective.
I never said I didn't, only asked, "How truthful should one be?".
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25 Jun 11
Originally posted by VoidSpiritI totally agree.
kidding aside, it's up to each individual to tell the truth or lie as needed. you can make a decision to always tell the truth, but what if you had to lie in order to save a life? or to save a friendship? to ease a loved ones suffering? it's all a matter of perspective.