For many years in the ‘80s, I did criminal defense work, often court appointed, and lots of it. One of our favorite conversations was the different ways our clients lied to us. If from the middle east, the lies were intricate and always self serving. For an Asian client, the truth was wholly dependent on the necessities of the situation. That is, if no one could say what really happened, the truth depended on whose grandmother was ill and who needed the money or to stay out of trouble the most. Americans lied in a simple, dogish fashion, usually telegraphing their shame. The worst in my experience were the Filipinos who just lied in any way they wanted to without shame or malice.
” One of our favorite conversations was the different ways our clients lied to us”
What an interesting bit of cultural observations. Thanks.