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/^t/Lies told in some extreme situations are treated almost equally indulgently. Cheating people who are fatally ill about the state of their health is considered to be perfectly forgivable. It is even said to be a very noble and merciful deed. It is forgotten, at the same time, that the sick people have the right to know about the approaching death and to choose how they want to spend the remaining time of their life. The reversal of the moral code can be accepted with the subject of adoption. The substantial body of opinion is that it is for the foster parents to decide whether the children should be aware that they have been adopted or not. It often happens, however, that the children, having discovered the fact, are deeply hurt that they were refused the right to know. They can bear a grudge against their parents for years and some of them have serious emotional problems later on.