On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:04:18 -0700, Kai Jones <snippy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
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>It's really hard for me to believe that you don't have ideals you
>aspire to but don't meet, because that's what the cheating monogamists
>are doing, and I do it to, just not on the same subject. I mean, I
>want to be a better person than I am, and I think being, for example,
>honest and trustworthy, dependable and timely, generous and kind are
>all good things; and yet I don't always achieve those things. Does
>that make me not a person who is striving for them?
>
>As far as excusing their own missteps, that's just a human thing.
>Doesn't mean they don't still believe the ideal is worthy.
No, but it would lead me to believe that they merely profess to
believe that the ideal is worthy, or that their belief isn't all that
strong/meaningful.
This doesn't mean I'd be correct in that belief, but I'm not sure that
being correct would matter to me. "Oh, s/he really, really believes in
(not) doing X, but she probably can't be trusted to (not) do X" means
that only the second clause is really relevant to my interactions with
that person.
John Palmer
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