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Well, thanks for the kind words.
It occurs to me that "kind" is to "kindness" what "honest" is to "honestness", jheem.
One can be "kind" on occasion without evincing the more substantial, the more enduring, the more treasured, the more jewel-like preciousness of "kindness".
So one who is not known for "honestness" can be "honest".
So it is with "honesty", the true meaning of which is so poignantly revealed in the time-honored aphorism "Honesty is the best policy".
"Honestness" is not a pragmatic "policy". It is the very stuff, the very essence, the flesh, the blood, and the bone, yes, the very bone, of the person who embodies it.
As to the the larger issues you are pondering, jheem, those are deserving of more thoughtful and deliberate rumination.
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