I agree about the cosmic joke. Still, the question was not about Truth and Honesty as virtues, but what importance we give them in daily communication with people we love and care, but not necessarily share the same opinion. Will the difference in taste or opinion put us in the poor position of one who suffers like the left parrot and will argue insisting on personal stand point, or...? How big is our personal 'or' in regard to the importance that a particular person, with who we disagree, has in our Life?
By the way, my character who deals well with this dilemmas is Yoda, as his wisdom doesn't leave any place to arguing.
"Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose." Yoda
Thank you for your additional thoughts, Sabina.