Second-hand Toke?

Check out this "Quick Take" from World Magazine:
"A Bradenton, Fla school bus driver said there could only be one reason why a recent urine test showed she tested positive for marijuana: second-hand smoke. She told a Florida radio station that up to nine of her students routinely smoked marijuana during rides to and from school. But school district officials don't seem to be buying her story, saying the woman never reported the drug-using teens."

You have to hand it to the lady... it's a clever 'explanation'. It kinda makes you smile, and on the one hand, cheer her ingenuity. On the other hand, she thinks it's OK to tell a whopper - even a funny one- to cover up her bad behavior.

Also in World this week - a story on Mitt Romney, and why his Mormonism is a problem. Joel Belz points out that Mormons have changed their tunes on 'the facts' when it's been convenient for them (golden tablets of fonder Joseph Smith - real or not? It depends on whether it's a problem for whomever they're talking to...). The Mormon tendency to play a bit loosey goosey with the truth explains Mitt's flip-flopping on issues in terms of his religious upbringing.

Telling the truth is important - and I don't mean just from a religious perspective. We have to be able to trust that others are fairly representing who they - are or what they think - or what they intend to do, etc. Too often we're willing to latch on to what sounds good because we want the security of believing that everything's OK. But I'd personally rather disagree agreeably with someone's genuine thoughts, actions, convictions than be deceived. How about you?