Truth or Harmony?

[Narz]

Which takes priority for you?

 

[Ramius75]

Truth, then i will find harmony.

 

[Dann]

When it comes to work, truth (delivered with lots of tact). Anything else is potentially disastrous.

For relationships, harmony. I want my regular supply of nookie.

 

[C~G]

Freedom or Peace?

Interesting question especially considering some recent international events.

For me it's impossible to answer.
Look out for Heinlein quote in MobBoss's sig to understand why.
It is similar issue.

EDIT: Oops! Possible freudian slip-up with the typo in "Modboss". Deeply sorry.

 

[El_Machinae]

I refuse to lie, but I will not volunteer information or an opinion in order to maintain harmony. I will never tell you that your butt looks fat in those jeans, unless you ask me

 

[The Last Conformist]

I tend to be honest to a fault, so I voted for the first option.

 

[PrinceOfLeigh]

Harmony for me. I find it quite unbelievable that a person can maintain a normal social life whilst remaining truthful at all times.

 

[aneeshm]

That's a false dichotomy . From truth derives harmony .

 

[PrinceOfLeigh]

That's a false dichotomy . From truth derives harmony .

Riiiight. Next time your wife asks you "do I look good in this dress" tell her the truth "you look bloody awful" and see if that 'derives harmony'. Methinks it does not.

 

[Irish Caesar]

Truth.

Anything without truth is a sham. Harmony without truth is a precarious lie. When the truth comes around, the harmony will crumble...

 

[GenMarshall]

I value the Truth more

 

[Perfection]

I value both. It is impossible for me to say which one I value more.

 

[tomsnowman123]

Truth. Harmony is indeed a worthwile goal to strive for, but truth is ultimately more important I believe.

 

[Godwynn]

Truth. I want to know the honest truth in all situations. Even if the outlook is grim because of it.

 

[Sidhe]

It's almost impossible to find harmony with truth, they are in contradiction, because the more truth you see the less harmony you feel, particularly when you look around at the world.

It might be easy for a Budhist to find harmony and truth at the same time, but it does take a real impartial dissolution from the simple concerns and wants of humanity. Few could ever live in the real world and find that, so sadly you have to pick one or the other, unless we all adhere to Buddhist belief and remove ourself from desire, but greed and selfishness is our watch word, yes?

Hey I know this: I aint gonna be a perfect person who disolves himself from wants, and neither are the rest of us unfortunately. We can't realistically behave that way, because we are set in a world that works against such concerns. Will it always be this way? probably...

I'll go truth, truth hurts, but at least it's keeping it real. Harmony is for another time, or another race other than humans.

 

[Leatherneck]

Sometimes the truth hurts.

 

[BirraImperial]

There is a saying: "Truth makes us free", I think harmony with lies is not really harmony.

 

[Abaddon]

Ive tried Harmony through a lack of truth... it rarly works.

Truth may cause a loss in harmony occasionally, but only occasionally

 

[Souron]

Harmony ensures that waste is minimized, but it does not necessarily ensure that resourses are distributed fairly. However, if people are involved, it is hard to have harmony without mutual contentment. So by that meathod Harmony can imply equality.

Truth is only important so that we may make progress toward a better society. In a utopien society there is no need for transparency, because the society is already perfect.

So if the Harmony leads to equality Harmony is better. If not truth and transparency are better, becouse they can lead to improvement toward a more fair society.

Note that I have use the term society here, but the statements can apply to any human system. A firm, a religious group, a nation, the whole world, anything.

 

[Perfection]

After further thinking about the matter I realized that I value chaos more then I do harmony, so I voted truth.