there's no such thing as white lies. It's a joke, people lie and when they get caught they just say " it's a white a lie ".

White lies are still lies. Once you tell a lie, you have to use another lie to cover it.

<ul class="list-inline text-light-gray no-margin-b"><li>To <a ui-sref="user({id:comment.commenter_obj.id})" href="https://www.italki.com/user/1656225" style="color: rgb(149, 149, 149); outline: 0px; outline-offset: -2px;">Kareem</a>: I think you are too passive. I heard a good example once, that if a patient is going to die, the doctor will generally tell him or her that "don't worry; you will recover soon!"</li></ul>

I think people say it's "white lies" when they want to get away with telling a lie. But personally, I think every person who says a lie has a reason for doing so. It's either they have an agenda for lying that might lead to common good, or they're just a pathological liar. Either way there's a reason behind it. I'd feel hurt if somebody lied to me, white lies or not, but if that's the way they're wired and they lie a lot, you can't really do anything about that.