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From: [e-mail] (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Honesty, Your word, and Trust -- a crisis?
Date: 22 Jan 93 14:25:33
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In-reply-to: [e-mail]'s message of 22 Jan 93 17:37:11 GMT

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Josh Diamond) writes:

   Having read recent posts here, and noticed events going on out there
   in the rest of the world, I have come to the conclusion there we have
   a major crisis on our hands.

   Basically, it seems that as a society, our concepts of honesty and
   trust are all screwed up.

   Most people, when asked whether they consider themselves to be honest
   say yes.  And yet, when it comes down to brass tacks, most people are
   _not_ particularly honest. In fact, they are absolutely lousy at
   keeping their word.


This may be a mere quibble, but what makes you think that this "crisis"
is a new thing?  Seems I recall Marcus Aurelius and Socrates bitching
about the same thing.
--
        Charles R. Martin/(Charlie)/[e-mail]
     Dept. of Computer Science/CB #3175 UNC-CH/Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
        3611 University Dr #13M/Durham, NC 27707/[phone]
     "Oh God, please help me be civil in tongue, pure in thought, and able
      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T