I hope that, in teaching youth politeness, I can also teach them honesty and with a preference for the latter if there must be a choice.
Yet, viewing human tendency, I wonder at the wisdom of that - if, given the nature of human psyche, there really is a benefit to making someone "feel good" rather tell the truth (in long term as well as shirt term).
My stand is that there is always an acceptable, if not easy way to tell the truth.
And that is my question. Am I wrong?
