Lion, Lamb, Serpent, Angel

Alright. Today, our class participated in an activity to see what our propensity to kill and lie was. There was a spectrum- more like a compass, to guide us off of. North was the Lion. South was the lamb. East was the Serpent, and West I guess was the angel. I may be wrong though. The point is, you gridded a point where you thought you were off the axes (what is the plural of axis?) and I was in the venomous (serpent) lamb range, meaning I had a greater propensity to lie than the average person, but I had a lesser propensity to kill than the average person. In my class, most people were concentrated in this area.

If you look close enough, you can see it's fangs...

I fully support the right to lie if it is not hurtful to a person. If something doesn't need to be said, it doesn't need to be said. Honesty can be hurtful. If it is constructive, I would probably support honesty. But if it's just mean, why say it?

Ah, so beautiful... 

Example. If someone asks if a dress makes them look fat, I personally will not say, 'mayday! beached whale' or something awful of that nature or any near it. I will say 'It looks alright, but it's really not your color', or maybe say nicely 'it looks kind of stretchy across the abdomen, maybe if you got one with a little more breathing room you'd be able to dance easier'. Anyway, point gotten across, hopefully.
Example two. If I stole the cookie from the cookie jar, I will plead innocent by disassociation. I will not blame my brothers. I will simply say 'I don't know'. Though, if we are speaking in non metaphorical circumstances, I will definitely come clean about eating all the cookies. I'm honest about food. It's some of that other stuff that you let slip by. Disassociation did not always work when I was younger, though, because I would feel guilty enough to crack and tell the truth.
On the other hand, killing, I would not do. I don't know, I just couldn't kill someone. Or maybe I could. The fact is, something that crazy, I wouldn't be able to say whether I could do it or not unless I was in the situation. Maybe I would kill a person who was trying to kill me if they came upon me unawares.
If I was to analyze it, I would say that if given the active choice of saving someone in place of myself, I think that I would be able to hand the towel in (that sounds terrible, by gum...) but if someone snuck up on me and tried to take me out, I would probably fight for my life. I don't know. I don't know. The fact is, that one is really hard. It's a matter of honor, I suppose.