The Golden Rule of Honesty

I think that's a, i don't know, wata e yo. At an adversarial situation, you can correct for what you know of the difference between yourself and another person. Once you start being rigorously honest with everybody, then people don't ask your opinion any more unless they actually want it. I'm almost in a situation where some one's asking me my opinion, and then i discover this mis match between,. but, you know, my valuing honesty and their expectation of, youknow, me just blowing smoke. They walk away unhappy, likea that hasn't happened for decades, that i'm aware of, in my life at this point. That's arrogant