"Let the lying lips be put to silence"

"Let the lying lips be put to silence"

For some obvious reasons, many lies are told by ruthless politicians before, during, and after elections. Politicians who are only concerned about winning in the elections do not mind telling lies. We are sometimes not even bothered by this at all. We usually choose to remain silent and enjoy hearing these politicians as they peddle lies. Worse, sometimes we even repeat these lies ourselves. This is a kind of disease known in the medical community as pathological lying. Any person who cannot control his telling of lies is said to be suffering from this kind of disease.

But is it true that unprincipled politicians cannot control their telling of lies? There are politicians who purposely tell lies to manipulate people. Simply put they can control their lies. For purposes of clarity let us look at the definition of lying. Webster Dictionary fittingly defines what lying is and, if I may say, describes the lying attitude of these politicians, to wit: to make a statement that one knows is false, especially with the intent to deceive; to give a false impression or action or false statement, especially with the intent to deceive; to make a false statement in order to evade the truth; and, the invention of a false story or excuse in order to deceive. It would then be wrong to describe these devious politicians as pathological liars. Probably they deserve better title- habitual liars.

Lying is everywhere in this country. It has become a commonplace. Like a virus it spreads in our society where lying is almost a way of life to many people. Lying had caused many scandals in the government. Lying had hurt many innocent lives. The moral climate in our country has been declining because of lying. I fear that our children would also fall into the habit of lying because there are few truthful adults to emulate. How many more lies must we listen to from this society? How many more lies must we tell? How many more political scandals must we endure because of lying?

It seems that we tell lies because we are afraid to tell the truth. We are also afraid of its consequences. Telling the truth hurt some people. That’s why some opt not to tell the truth. Shall we tell lies then in order not to hurt people? No one likes to be lied to. Even the liar does not like to be lied to. It is very sad that there seems to be more lying lips in this country than helping hands. Let us stop this epidemic lying in this country. The book of Psalms admonishes us- "Let the lying lips be put to silence."