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- From: jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: Honesty, Your word, and Trust -- a crisis?
- Message-ID: <JMD.93Jan25144223@lion.bear.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 19:42:23 GMT
- References: <JMD.93Jan22123711@lion.bear.com> <C19ryE.39C@portal.hq.videocart.com>
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- In-reply-to: dfuller@portal.hq.videocart.com's message of 22 Jan 93 19:11:01 GMT
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- In article <C19ryE.39C@portal.hq.videocart.com> dfuller@portal.hq.videocart.com (Dave Fuller) writes:
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- jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond) writes:
- : [ Hey, why don't we always be honest ]
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- The problem with the other "white lies" (i'll be at the party) is a
- multiple problem i think. This is done because people hate conflict.
- Why say "no" and have to explain why ? You can just say "yes", avoid it,
- then get excused for it later. The conflict avoidance brings on more than
- just your typical lies however. How often does somebody make you angry
- (even in the most minor sense) ? What do you do ? Do you tell them on the
- spot to stop, or go and tell somebody else how mad the person made you.
- All too often, alot of people know what is bothering somebody. It seems that
- everybody EXCEPT the person CREATING the problem is aware that it exists.
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- Yup. Yet another breakdown in communication. We are unwilling to
- confront each other on even the smallest issues. So the issues
- aggregate, and snowball until they become a major issue. The kind
- that cause relationships to fail. Even the kind that causes wars.
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- Note that when I say "confront" I don't mean "tell them they're
- wrong", I mean "tell them how I feel".
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- This makes me think of another scenario: people tend to give an excuse
- for not doing something you want them to do, rather than tell you that
- they are just not interested in doing it...
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- Seems to me people are afraid to stand up for themselves because it
- isnt commonly done. They think that if they do it, the other person will
- be offended by it and cease to relate to them.
-
- Exactly. It is due to a desire to avoid risk; better to not have what
- I want than to risk rejection. It's a very ineffective conversation, eh?
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- Spidey!!!
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