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- From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: Honesty, Your word, and Trust -- a crisis?
- Date: 27 Jan 93 09:29:16
- Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
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- Message-ID: <MARTINC.93Jan27092916@grover.cs.unc.edu>
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- In-reply-to: sethb@panix.com's message of Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:26:21 GMT
-
- In article <C1HL7y.3M5@panix.com> sethb@panix.com (Seth Breidbart) writes:
-
- In article <MARTINC.93Jan25233544@grover.cs.unc.edu> martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
-
- >The part that seemed reminiscient of someone in particular is the part
- >where they (1) over-literalized (2) transformed your statement into a
- >crisp black-and-white statement (3) realized that wasn't precisely what
- >you meant, and (4) proceeded to announce that you *lied* to them.
-
- I'll often do (1), (2), and (3) (but not seriously, just because I
- sometimes get into silly moods). (4) I won't do, because honesty is
- important to me, and I won't accuse someone of lack of it lightly.
-
- And by golly you weren't the one I meant. (1) and (2) are the hallmarks
- of the over intellectual smart ass, and one of my favoriate games as
- well.
- --
- Charles R. Martin/(Charlie)/martinc@cs.unc.edu
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- "Oh God, please help me be civil in tongue, pure in thought, and able
- to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably. Amen." -- Rob T
-