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- From: jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond)
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- Subject: Re: Honesty, Your word, and Trust -- a crisis?
- Message-ID: <JMD.93Jan22173939@lion.bear.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 22:39:39 GMT
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- In-reply-to: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu's message of 22 Jan 93 19:25:33 GMT
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- In article <MARTINC.93Jan22142533@grover.cs.unc.edu> martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
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- 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.
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- Basically, it seems that as a society, our concepts of honesty and
- trust are all screwed up.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- I never said it was a new thing. I did, however, say that I have
- recently become more aware of it. And more willing to do something
- about it.
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- Spidey!!!
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