[Grovenet] What Value Honesty?

[David Morelli]

The Major General who conducted the training of Iraqi troops was  
pretty critical of the administration.  It doesn't take that many  
dishonest people to damage the system if they are sufficiently powerful.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/opinion/19eaton.html? 
ex=1300424400&en=84baf7f1f2a4e5d6&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

David

On Mar 15, 2007, at 4:42 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> That's a legitimate question.
>
> Corruption and dishonesty is a fact of life throughout our society  
> to the highest levels of government. Sometimes it seems like we are  
> all drowning in a sea of crooks as they do everything imaginable to  
> bankrupt the rest of us.
>
>
> And, in spite of it all, not everyone accepts their crazy  
> morality.  Misplaced valuables do end up in the "Lost and Found";  
> we'd just like to see it happen more often. ...
>
> With so many honest, upright people suffering at the hands of  
> others, how can we tolerate one dishonest person, one dishonest  
> act, and accept their dishonesty because it's too inconvenient, too  
> complicated or too difficult to bring them to justice?
>
> Ron D'Eau Claire
>
> (1) A Heaven in the Eye by Clyde Rice, 1984, ISBN 0-380-69919-2
>
>
>
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