We have a commercial running here...a bunch of dudes playing basketball, a Championship basketball game...the ball got knocked out of bounds, the rep called it on going out via the hand of one team, but a player of the other team really knocked it out...and this player FESSED UP and said, "I touched the Ball" and all of his fellow players came down on him, really nasty and hard...saying, what the heck are you doing telling the TRUTH, basically....
But the kid told the truth and stuck by it, even against peer pressure....
Then in the end, the kid's coach told him, that he did the right thing, and thanked him...
and a voice over came on saying something like, "There is more to SPORTS than just winning...."
I was surprised that there had to be a TV commercial/ad TO TEACH young adults that telling the TRUTH was important, more important than winning a Sports game and part of sportsmanship...
Perhaps because we know we all lie, we are giving Lying a break, that it doesn't deserve....
We should always try to strive to tell the truth and should teach our offspring such imo...
But the kid told the truth and stuck by it, even against peer pressure....
Then in the end, the kid's coach told him, that he did the right thing, and thanked him...
and a voice over came on saying something like, "There is more to SPORTS than just winning...."
I was surprised that there had to be a TV commercial/ad TO TEACH young adults that telling the TRUTH was important, more important than winning a Sports game and part of sportsmanship...
Perhaps because we know we all lie, we are giving Lying a break, that it doesn't deserve....
We should always try to strive to tell the truth and should teach our offspring such imo...