I am sure everything you say stands correct, but when I read " we are going to be honest" , I was hoping to get both sides of the story. Your post tells it as black and white. Since you already reminded everyone , honesty sometimes can be uncomfortable,why dont you tell us the story being too honest that can make all sides uncomfortable ? (if honesty really makes uncomfortable)
Every person is like a leaf of the tree. All leafs has their own view and story. Depending on where they stand they tell us how they see life and everything. Its all beautiful, but it never tells anything about the tree. Everybody is honest in their own way, but we always get the pieces of this honesty ,and nobody puts them together to show the big picture.
Peace
Hermes