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marie2 -> RE: Lip service (12/14/2008 7:27:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent quote: ORIGINAL: marie2 With regards to your thread title----"Lip Service"....A good rule of thumb that I live by....When someone talks a line about how ethical they are, how honest they are, how real they are etc etc, they are usually anything but. I always take big talkers as a red flag. If you are honest, and ethical and genuine etc, you just are, you don't need to be pointing it out continually. I always think of lip service as classic over-compensation. Big talkers know that they actually lack what they claim to have in spades. Some people mean what they say. There's a saying in the North East of England: 'shy bairns get no broth', which means that you have to put yourself forward to get what you want. We're all salesmen in one form or another; the defining factor is whether or not you are good for your word. Were I you, I wouldn't tar everyone with the brush. That's so cute, NG. Did you pull that line out of your shiny little pot of gold at the end of your perfect little rainbow?

philosophy -> RE: Lip service (12/14/2008 10:56:54 PM)
FR ..i've been a whistleblower.....lost my job, can't work in that field again, yadda yadda. Did it cause me some inconvenience? Yup. Would i do it again? HELL YEAH! There are lines that ought not be crossed.......and if you stand idly by and watch someone cross that line and do nothing you are complicit. It's an imperfect world and we are all imperfect beings.......but we can do all in our power to make our reactions to the world less imperfect....and our reactions to the world are all we really have any control over, all that we are really responsible for.

mistoferin -> RE: Lip service (12/15/2008 8:16:30 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy There are lines that ought not be crossed.......and if you stand idly by and watch someone cross that line and do nothing you are complicit. Thank you, that is exactly how I feel.

philosophy -> RE: Lip service (12/15/2008 9:47:37 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mistoferin quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy There are lines that ought not be crossed.......and if you stand idly by and watch someone cross that line and do nothing you are complicit. Thank you, that is exactly how I feel. ...you're not alone Misty, it just feels like it sometimes. Give it a little time, and the less brave ones will quietly whisper in your ear that they wish they had your courage....and just as we must condemn those who cross the lines, so we have to forgive those whose courage doesn't let them do anything about it.

NorthernGent -> RE: Lip service (12/15/2008 11:37:57 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: marie2 quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent quote: ORIGINAL: marie2 With regards to your thread title----"Lip Service"....A good rule of thumb that I live by....When someone talks a line about how ethical they are, how honest they are, how real they are etc etc, they are usually anything but. I always take big talkers as a red flag. If you are honest, and ethical and genuine etc, you just are, you don't need to be pointing it out continually. I always think of lip service as classic over-compensation. Big talkers know that they actually lack what they claim to have in spades. Some people mean what they say. There's a saying in the North East of England: 'shy bairns get no broth', which means that you have to put yourself forward to get what you want. We're all salesmen in one form or another; the defining factor is whether or not you are good for your word. Were I you, I wouldn't tar everyone with the brush. That's so cute, NG. Did you pull that line out of your shiny little pot of gold at the end of your perfect little rainbow? Straight out of the 'let's all get along' little black book of charity. One week we're dancing; next week we're fighting.........when are we fucking?

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