The truth will defend itself Rapport Archive End Note The truth will defend itself Rapport Issue 10 Publication Date December 28th 2007 Authors Terri Ann Laws Or so they say, and I’ve been pondering on the meaning of it lately. Hmmm, now let me think …. Most people will only lie when they feel it is necessary, when they think they had better lie or face unwanted consequences, or cause others unwanted consequences. The noble, honourable person would rather sacrifice themselves and their values and tell blatant lies on purpose than cause some nasty thing to happen to an innocent – which might be the consequence of telling the wrong person the truth. It can be a very honourable thing to lie.... End Note To access the rest of this article, you need to use 1 credit ANLP members get complimentary credits that can be used for purchasing from the Rapport archive - a collection of more than a 1000 high quality articles written by some of the leading voices in the field of NLP. Non-members can buy Rapport credits via the ANLP store. JOIN ANLP BUY RAPPORT CREDITS If you have already purchased this article, you can log in to access it