Now I have a friend I've known for many years. Traditionally we've gone to the same Church, grown up in decent families - and a good city. He's 23. One thing that bothers me about him is he will lie to other people quite frequently. I do my best to tolerate this - in understanding that he is merely mistaking and though he should know better, I can't force him to behave differently. He will lie to his family, whom he loves. To his friends - to anyone at anytime. He does it because he feels it is his right. I have on a couple of occasions confronted him about it, but his attitude was capitalistic "you can't tell me what to do" and "I like lying".
If everyone else too confronted him, then he'd realize "hey, this could be a problem".
That's what I put to you MeBeJedi. Instead of counting the number of people who tell you this, decide for yourself are you going to listen to what I have to say? I don't waste time bullshitting like you claimed I do. You however will talk about all sorts of tangents to avoid the real discussion. Now I know there are other people who would tell my friend the same thing I did, if they believed it was right to do so. However they believe it is wrong to, they believe tolerance means accepting what other people do without confrontation.
Is the effort I've put into trying to tell you this not worth anything?