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Someone asked me the other day if I could explain the difference between a “fib” and a “lie.”<\/p>\n

My quick answer to him was that\u00a0I “like the word ‘fib’ better.”<\/p>\n

“Fib” has a less-damaging ring to it than “lie.”<\/p>\n

I’ve given some further thought to the question, which actually is a pretty good one.<\/p>\n

Here’s my more thoughtful answer: A fib is meant to describe a false statement that doesn’t carry as much consequence as a lie.<\/p>\n

I used the term “fib” to describe, in this latest instance, what NBC reporter\/news anchor Brian Williams had said about being shot down in Iraq. He fibbed about it. He wasn’t shot down. He was riding in a helicopter that accompanied the ship that actually was shot down.<\/p>\n

Why is that a “fib” and not a “lie”? Because all it means is that one man’s career is likely ruined. The rest of us will carry on.<\/p>\n

What, then, constitutes a lie?<\/p>\n

Let’s try this one: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky.” That came from President Bill Clinton\u00a0as he wagged his finger at the American public and told a lie about what he did with the White House intern. All by itself, that shouldn’t constitute a lie. Except that the result of that untrue statement — which he also made to a federal grand jury — resulted in his impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

I suppose I could go on with more actual lies, such as when the Bush administration kept telling us about Saddam Hussein’s alleged complicity in the 9\/11 attacks. We all know where those lies led us.<\/p>\n

It’s one thing to fib<\/em> about a personal experience and another thing to lie<\/em> when it involves the future of the country.<\/p>\n

Awww, what the heck. I still like the sound of the word “fib” better.<\/p>\n

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Someone asked me the other day if I could explain the difference between a “fib” and a “lie.” My quick answer to him was that\u00a0I “like the word ‘fib’ better.” “Fib” has a less-damaging ring to it than “lie.” I’ve given some further thought to the question, which actually is a pretty good one. Here’s … Continue reading Fibs = lies? Sometimes<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[97,631,748,1899,2253,2334,3120],"class_list":["post-9435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-political-news","tag-911-attacks","tag-bill-clinton","tag-brian-williams","tag-george-w-bush","tag-impeachment","tag-iraq-war","tag-monica-lewinsky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}