This type of attitude has been used to prey on people for ages; poor robbing rich, blacks robbing whites, illegals robbing nationals.
A man’s word should be good. Period.
>> A man’s word should be good. Period.
Yes, and there is RIGHT and WRONG. Good and evil.
Society seems (again) to have largely corrupted itself to the point where it confuses “what you can get away with” with “what is right”.
They are not the same.
It’s disappointing to see that some who consider themselves conservatives have fallen for this situational ethics thing too. I expect it from liberals, but not from principled conservatives.
There is a “Yankee banker” and “Big corporation” exception to that rule.
parsy, who says, surely you have heard ofit.
I recently saw an interview of a multi-billionaire by the name of Jon M. Huntsman, founder and benefactor of the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Utah.
During the interview he was talking about honor, integrity and promises kept. He related the story of meeting the CEO of an oil company prior to the sale of one of his many chemical companies and agreeing to a sale price of approx. $250 Million and finalized it with a hand shake.
During the following 6 months to a year that it took the attorneys to do the paperwork, the value of the company rose to around $500 million. On the day that the sale was to be finalized, the oil company was prepared to pay him the current value of his company but Mr. Huntsman refused the offer and would only accept the original price offered.
His explanation was that a man's handshake is as good as his word and if his word doesn't mean anything then the man is worthless.........
Mr. Huntsman is a remarkable person and both he and his wife have battled cancer thus his cancer institute. He has already made arrangements to dispurse his entire fortune before he dies...........