On Dec 14, 10:31 pm, LRod wrote:
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:20:30 -0600, Tim Daneliuk

Either everyone must keep their word or no one has to...

Ummm, not really. Your word has nothing to do with the other person's
integrity. If you don't trust/respect/value them, don't give them
your word in the first place.

I never cease to be amused when someone says something like this,
particularly when reagan is somehow involved. How many wives did he
have? Wasn't he president of SAG? Didn't he promise to work for
controllers' issues when elected? Then let's start on his presidency.
Weren't we supposed to stay out of Nicaragua? It goes on and on.

It appears that you are saying that if someone doesn't keep their word
you don't have to keep yours. Is that right? On the face of it, that
seems like common sense, but it's a little different when you start
dragging in someone's personal choices - things like marriage/divorce
and where they used to work - and other things that had nothing
whatsoever to do with your particular grievance.

A bargain is a bargain, but your word is your word. There will always
be other bargains, you have only one word. It's not about the other
guy and their faults - it's about you and your integrity in the face
of someone else's lack of it, no?

And to cheer up Charlie Self, I'll draw a woodworking analogy. Do you
cut corners on the interior of your cabinet because nobody will see
it, or do you do the best work you feel you can do whether anyone sees
it or not?

R