| This is a meme that seems very competetive, not in the sense that it has a chance of displacing memes for lying on various occasions in more than a tiny minority of the population, but in the sense that even the vast majority who do not follow it will repeat it to other hosts under the right circumstances.
Many people will punish children severely for lying to them. Lying to an adult and getting away with it is the only disobedience it is impossible to punish by definition. Very few adults who punish their children for lying never lie themselves - or even manage to sustain this belief in their children over the long term. Probably just as well, imagine the trouble you could get into if your boss asked what you really thought of him. Many psychologists believe adults teach children to lie by encouraging them to thank others for gifts they dislike, among other ways.
Few people have a well thought out and consistent policy on when lying is OK, the decision is usually based on what goal is being interfered with and to what extent. | 
