Conclusion

...I have given it a lot of consideration throughout the course of assembling this project, and I have decided that not all lies are bad. Most of them are, because small lies said with perhaps good intentions have an annoying habit of turning into giant, black webs of deceit. But those lies that require no elaboration, are never mentioned again, and are said to boost someone’s confidence, why should they be bad? Sure, honestly is usually the best policy, but, in reality, what would the world be like if everyone was 100% honest 100% of the time? I would bet any amount of money that more people would be depressed, that people would get hurt more often, and that a lot of joyous times would be shattered. I mean, without those tiny little fibs assuring someone that they can, indeed do that something they’ve been dreading, or that they DO look great that day, a lot more people would be a lot more insecure with themselves. And with further consideration, I have also come to the conclusion that those tiny fibs are probably the only kind of lie acceptable, otherwise things can take a turn for the worse very quickly. Like Diane’s dad in Say Anything... lying to his daughter about being a crook was probably not a wise idea on his part. (Almost as unwise as him just being a crook.) So, finally, with the Tapestry project coming to a close, I just have to say that whether lying is good or bad depends solely on the situation in which lies are used and must always be used with caution, because one never can predict what a small lie can grow to become.