whatever happened to honesty being the best policy?

Question

have we become so sissified with political correctness that we're afraid to be a little rude every now and then in order to prove a point. are we that hurt by tough language that we need to cry about it. what ever happened to "sticks and stones"?

Answer 1

I totally agree with you. In my opinion people now and days are way too superficial. People would rather have fake "friends" than have have loyal ones. Truth is people can't handle the truth, they're in-denial about everything. People want to live in a fantasy world, where they're the center of attention and nothing else matters.

Answer 2

Courage, you don't experience it too often these days..People are more interested in "fitting in" and not rocking the boat. Honesty doesn't necessarily have to be rude but it is usually perceived that way because someone may just be brave enough to say what everyone else is thinking. Society has produced a whole race of people called chamelions, they change with the environment and change their belief system based on what's popular and who is standing next to them. Sad but true..

Answer 3

Some people began throwing them a bit too often, some people got hit a bit too much... neither realized that all that was needed was moderation and so all must lay down their sticks and stones for good...

But now all that happens is that people take more offense when stones are thrown so it really didn't solve anything.

Answer 4

You have to know when to balance that policy with trying to be polite. If you're too honest, you offend people and your honesty will leave you with few or no friends. However, you can tone down some of your wording, you can get your point across and be totally honest about it without also being offensive.

Answer 5

My kids' teachers informed me that no one buys that "Sticks and stones" thing anymore.

Turns out, being called names really DOES hurt the kids. It's bullying, and I, for one, am glad that they're cracking down on it.


I still believe that honesty is the best policy, although "zero tolerance" is fairly ridiculous a good lot of the time.

Answer 6

Have you ever read in the book of Daniel, in one of his visions about a notable horn, with a man's eyes and a bragging mouth.
God has given baptism into Christ's burial and into Christ's resurrection to solve the problem of the "little horn." If a person is "dead" he cannot lie or tell the truth since he is dead (by faith in his baptism). I have come to believe that horn represents that mankind are "notable" liars. God is different; he is not a man that he should lie. I guess God's provision would be the same for all.

Answer 7

honesty isn't the best policy for the new WORLD because everyone is trying to hide by his own lies / evrybody is just afraid to say the truth to say what is real just because the world today is about being beneficial .. ppl are ready to lie to impress sumbody or even to make themselves looke better.. no one can say the truth since ppl will hate u coz u hurted their feeling by saying the rude truth.. it's not the best policiy coz we are living in a lie

Answer 8

Rudeness is not required to make a point or to be honest.

It is far easier to be rude than it is to think through a thought process in order to come up with a logical argument to that point.

Answer 9

While I would never hurt someone's feelings intentionally, being Politically Correct is something I never even think about. We can blame the ACLU for all that nonsense.

Answer 10

As the then-governor of Louisiana once told Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes during the 1970s, "I looked at it and saw it was money, so I took it."