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[atwar664]

There is an air of dramatics in this journal, but it shouldn't be misread as insincere. This was the way I was built. You ask I tell. Sometimes there wasn't a question. Noble silence is a concept that exceeds my understanding

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[sheriffjoe]

Don't stab me, and then get mad at me for bleeding.

And ain't that the goddamned truth!!! HA!! Amen, brother!

People don't like thr truth because it is so much easier to live with the lie...the delusion...truth is the great equalizer...that being said, it can be delivered tactfully, subtly or, if none of that works, with a shocking slap across the face (just be aware that you can be arrested for assault afterward!).

Truth is ESSENTIAL. If people would live by this, there wouldn't be any need for most of the despair on Earth today. Keep at it.

However, if someone stabbed me, they had best kill me...cause I won't be polite in my response. It's called self-defense...and THAT'S the truth! :)

[atwar664]

I am working on the technique. I am not so good at it apparently. i just like to put it out there, and say "that's what it is". Sometimes it should be piece meal or at least given softer light.

I am not that afraid of the truth. If hurts I am still that much better for knowing. Oh Christ what a wierd spot!

[ladylee1983]

Truth doesn't always have to be stated. Most of the time it's already known. It's the explanations that count.

[atwar664]

Yes. I didn't know how I tread so abruptly.

[ladylee1983]

I understand telling the truth. That is noble in and of itself. But when it's a question posed by your girlfriend/significant other along the lines of..."does this outfit make me look fat?" isn't that an entirely different sort of conversation?

(Hint: be careful how you respond to this one)

[junyr]

Ah, but that's where disclaimers come into play. I warn all my friends when I meet them that I don't lie. And so, if an outfit makes someone look fat, and they ask me that, then I tell them yes. I'm not mean, I'm factual.

The plus side is that people don't ask me petty questions anymore. The questions posed to me are the hard ones that people want the truth of but are afraid their friends won't hurt their feelings. I get them, because they know that what they hear is what I see as the truth.

[junyr]

Hmmph. I'm becoming more brutal with the truth in my ever-increasing distance from youth. Truth, sugar-coated or sharp as a stick to the eye, is more important than tact. There are times that telling it as congenially as can be done is important, I grant that.

That, and I don't deal with petty BS anymore. House rule and all.

But, that's because I choose to spend my life living and not dancing around the subject at hand.

[atwar664]

Yup.

[sheriffjoe]

Well said, John.