[Pistias]

Lying isn't necessarily bad any more than telling the truth is--it depends on the circumstances. The classic example: your buddy loans you his shotgun. A week later he comes back drunk to the gills telling you his wife just divorced him, she's getting everything--house, business, savings, kids, all of it. Do you give him the gun back, or tell him you lost it?

[Pistias]

Whoops, forgot a sentence: comes back drunk to the gills demanding his shotgun back, loaded like he gave it to you.

[FreeAtlanta]

BS!!!! You tell him he can't have it. Simple.

[Robert_Paulson2]

I would down four shooters of portofinio with him, and hide his car keys, then go out in the front yard and puke with him, till he passes out... put him on the couch, and talk sense into him, when he is at the disadvantage of a rather severe hangover for the next 18 hours... after he sleeps it off.

By then, the shotgun would be "missing" and we would be going out for beer and more pizza...

After a few days, he would definitely realize he was better off, without her...

[Jorge]

Lying isn't necessarily bad any more than telling the truth is--it depends on the circumstances.

I wouldn't say that lying isn't wrong, but that there are things that are worse, and anybody who cares about the greater good needs to put right and wrong in it's proper perspective.

For example it would not be right for an ambulance driver to sit at a red light while an emergency case is dying.
This doesn't mean it's ok or safe to run red lights, just that in some rare cases, there is a higher requirement of law.
This of course is not an argument for rationalizing ordinary dishonesty.