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To: epicure who wrote (14260)	6/10/2007 12:45:28 AM
From: one_less	Respond to of 14758

"Is it honest to keep your mouth shut? It depends on the situation. If you are called upon to speak to a situation because it would make a difference between understanding and misunderstanding, then with holding your information might be contributing to a false understanding of what is. It would be a practical impossibility for you to express every idea or opinion you have about every circumstance in life to every person you could speak to. There is nothing dishonest about that. You can be honest without expressing a word just as you can be dishonest by with holding a word that is needed. "I have always thought concealing your thoughts of others is a kind of dishonesty, but I think it's a very self preservative kind." I have always considered 'the intent to deceive' as a required element of dishonesty. If there is no cause to reveal your opinion of others, then I see no intent to deceive on your part by holding your tongue. "I think most of us make calculations about how honest to be- we weigh the risks and benefits, and we are as honest as we think benefits us, or we are honest when there is no risk to us posed in being honest. I declare my devotion of truth to everyone who is in my circle of friends. I meet people all the time who declare to me that they never lie ... except when it is beneficial. To them that qualifies them as a truthful person. To me it is failing the test. " I think much of the strange behavior we see on the net is honesty unleashed- people letting out their moment to moment feelings, and being completely honest, in the moment- since they don't see any downside to doing so. Such "honesty" in 3d probably wouldn't work out so well, so most people don't do it there." Ok, but it may be a compensation for the 3-D conduct. I think it is healthier to live by the "as on SI, so be in 3-D" philosophy. Well as a goal anyway, I've not always been successful.