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Is honesty always a good thing?

I tend to give honest opinions and answers to people I know and to people I don,t, this seems to offend and shock at times,why?

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+10 Views: 1599 Answers: 14 Posted: 12 years ago

jhharlan

Good question, why don't you ask more?

Commented 11 years ago

ROMOS

I was young and naive then.

Commented 11 years ago

jhharlan

Oh! Imagine ROMOS being a "newbie".........

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FISH-O

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Best answer!

Honesty is the best policy but there are times when you do need to deliver the truth in a pretty package as the recipient may not care for the truth. If they are of a nasty disposition, a control freak, a micro-management ninja or someone who was raised in a negative-filled environment, you may need to sugar coat the truth, roll it in sprinkles and hope for the best.

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11 years ago. Rating: 11
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ROMOS

:-)

commented 11 years ago

Poppy3

Fishlet yeah right again huh. xo

commented 11 years ago

sawali

great answer Fishlet. To such people you give choices of answers based around the truth. Let the ball be in their courts.

commented 11 years ago

FISH-O

Sawali; When I was in school we played a game in gym class called, "murder ball" ... those kids that I have just described were seriously nasty with the ball... They don't change as adults. Sad and true.

commented 11 years ago

jhharlan

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Honesty is the best policy but a little tact is in order as well..........

12 years ago. Rating: 13
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ROMOS

Is,nt tact just being polite and economical with the truth ?

commented 12 years ago

jhharlan

Tact can be the difference between being heard or hurting feelings.........

commented 12 years ago

Ducky

@ROMOS...(Sign in my house.)
"Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic". Tsk, tsk, tsk. lol

commented 11 years ago

daren1

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honest is truely the best policy , you'll never have any regrets....

12 years ago. Rating: 13
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sunnyB

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Honesty is always best, if you lie you will nearly always be found out,and you are cheating yourself as well as others.

12 years ago. Rating: 12
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Poppy3

sunnyB - honesty yes in what you say and not necessarily a lie in what you do not say if you like economical with the truth - of course there are platforms to use this. Less said quickest mended sometimes.

commented 11 years ago

sawali

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HONESTY IS TRUTH- HOW CAN U GO WRONG?

12 years ago. Rating: 12
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Poppy3

sawali - you are right but sometimes people deliver an unecessary honesty which can be damaging.LOL

commented 11 years ago

sawali

That's where intellect comes into play. You sift what's at hand.

commented 11 years ago

Poppy3

sawali - yeah that's the way it is - although not sure about intellect applying to me - humanity may be better but maybe that's bigging it up.

commented 11 years ago

robertgrist

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When someone asks me a question I look into them to see what they really want to know. Not one word is needed and some folks leave at once when they realize what they just did by asking me their question. The ones that stay are a little shaken until they realize I’m no threat to them. I give them what they need which may have nothing to do with their question and they usually leave. Some will have a few more questions and then leave. They got what they came for and that is all they really wanted.

12 years ago. Rating: 11
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Poppy3

robertgrist - such a good answerxo

commented 11 years ago

Clonge

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There are and have been times when it hasn't been and aren't. In Nazi-occupied Europe, being asked if you were Jewish by the Gestapo and responding "yes" could've been dangerous. If I go out with a girl who I think is as "ugly as sin" and she asks me if she is pretty, I wouldn't tell her "no", so as not to hurt her feelings.

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Poppy3

Clonge - good answer.

commented 11 years ago

hector5559

England is in Europe i belive, and was not occupied by the Nazi,or have we missed somthing,

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Poppy3

hector5559 - yeah I guess you are right - we know England is not in Europe - Clonge is saying Nazi-occupied Europe for example maybe not being specific.

commented 11 years ago

ed shank

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Always the way to go. It will piss some people off, but F**k'em.

12 years ago. Rating: 7
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Darci13

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Honesty is always the best policy remember the old saying oh what a tangled web we weave when at first we practice to deceive.......

12 years ago. Rating: 7
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ROMOS

A touch of the Bard eh? Lots of culture on this site, but alas not I. yours,King of the fleas.

commented 12 years ago

Poppy3

Darci13 - Yeah - Sir Walter Scott - Scottish Author.

commented 11 years ago

PEOPLELOVER

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You don`t know my wife.

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Poppy3

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Honesty of course it is the best policy but I feel that if it is a sensitive issue or can upset the person to whom you are speaking - it has to be delivered in an intuiative way i.e. the person delivering the honesty being aware as far as possible as to what they are saying and the effect it will have on the other person - of course this would involve knowing that person but not necessarily It also depends on what one is being honest about and how much insight the other person has - may be a massive unhappy blow - albeit unintentional if the person doesn't have the insight and the honesty has to be doled out in small quantities and gently maybe with explanation. Sorry this sounds somewhat muddled.

11 years ago. Rating: 6
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ROMOS

Not muddled pops,sensible,which I'm not really,I like to say what I feel and bugger the consequences,I have lots of friends and lots of the opposite, such is my life,never do it in business though, doesn't pay the bills,
:-)

commented 11 years ago

Poppy3

ROMOS - make no mistake I can be brutally honest to those I feel deserve it - actually got me into a huge amount of trouble about seven years ago did not take the consequences into account - part of my problem. Hey I am having trouble with my broadband and would you believe the landline engineers on to this. There is this thing on the toolbar "Run PC" which substitutes the Ask a Question and gets going even when I am typing telling me how many errors I have even starts when I am typing and my internet page disappears they even have their icon is on my frontpage, tried deleting, having quitted but will not go away - tried ringing them but American Company but unavailable. Technology drives me crazy.LOL Hey your birthday is coming up - you monkey.

commented 11 years ago

eggbert

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Honesty is what Abraham Lincoln had. Do not worry about what other people think of you, just be honest, if they get offended, they probably are jealous!!!