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Is our society set up to unfairly reward liars, thieves and cheats?
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Is our society set up to unfairly reward liars, thieves and cheats?
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One could say that people hate truth and honesty.
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Rosaria
Title: They call me Mellow Yellow, quite rightly.
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reesescups posted:
Rosaria posted:
Venues where it may not be true or not as true: Literature, canvass art, dance, music composition, sculpting, operatic divas, etc. some forms of music, some musical venues such as orchestral presentations/interpretations or small chamber music ensembles, philosophy, films - not movies.
In other words, those pursuits not readily enjoyed by very large numbers of people.
Indeed - good point. I think the 'rewards' aren't as high, because of the size of the audience and the relative affliction of BS by the audience.
Not sure what exactly you mean by rewards. What do you think this is worth? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v wp1CH5R-w4&feature=related
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Taliesihne
Title: Wind on the Deep Waters
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The law is a reflection of those who wrote it.
Perhaps if thieves, liars and cheats weren't writing the rules....
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reesescups
Title: //Captain America
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Registered: 2003-5-26 14:45:53
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Rosaria posted:
reesescups posted:
Rosaria posted:
Venues where it may not be true or not as true: Literature, canvass art, dance, music composition, sculpting, operatic divas, etc. some forms of music, some musical venues such as orchestral presentations/interpretations or small chamber music ensembles, philosophy, films - not movies.
In other words, those pursuits not readily enjoyed by very large numbers of people.
Indeed - good point. I think the 'rewards' aren't as high, because of the size of the audience and the relative affliction of BS by the audience.
Not sure what exactly you mean by rewards. What do you think this is worth? http://www.youtube.com/watch?vwp1CH5R-w4&feature=related
It's priceless... But I doubt they are rewarded as much as say Elvis, Madonna, U2, Michael Jackson...
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Yukishiro1
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Sin_of_Onin posted:
Life is set up to unfairly reward liars, thieves, and cheats.
Yep.
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Modeeb
Title: A Ghost In The Machine
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Almost certainly, SoO!
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A large multicultural society is not going to have rudimentary social bonds that are dependent on affinity that keeps down immoral or unethical behavior. The big push for a multicultural society can be largely blamed for our wholesale ethical / moral breakdown. You can also lay a lot of blame at the feet of those that rationalize for a living, IE lawyers and politicians. Those people don't need or want principles, what they want are winning/convincing arguments that can sway others. Winning for them is more important than the ultimate outcome which may not be seen/realized for generations after the fact.
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Aerlinthian posted:
Those people don't need or want principles, what they want are winning/convincing arguments that can sway others. Winning for them is more important than the ultimate outcome which may not be seen/realized for generations after the fact.
Recent research supports this concept as the way the human mind works in general.
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Eager_Igraine posted:
Aerlinthian posted:
Those people don't need or want principles, what they want are winning/convincing arguments that can sway others. Winning for them is more important than the ultimate outcome which may not be seen/realized for generations after the fact.
Recent research supports this concept as the way the human mind works in general.
I can accept that claim but the point remains is that the aforementioned groups make a living out of being unprincipled pieces of garbage where they are the ones that are supposed be held to a higher standard because they have either been academically trained to understand the foundational basis of our society or purport to run on it.
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Rosaria
Title: They call me Mellow Yellow, quite rightly.
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Registered: 2003-8-22 10:07:30
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reesescups posted:
Rosaria posted:
Not sure what exactly you mean by rewards. What do you think this is worth? http://www.youtube.com/watch?vwp1CH5R-w4&feature=related
It's priceless... But I doubt they are rewarded as much as say Elvis, Madonna, U2, Michael Jackson...
It is indeed priceless. Bocelli, and the 'boys in the band' for that matter [a small Roman classical conservitorio] are revered and appreciated by serious students of classical music as well as the general public. The nature of his audience is very important to him, but he does not suffer from lack of popularity. I refer you to wiki for a list of his accomplishments.
Bocelli lives very comfortably in his three villas and is a frequent guest of palaces throughout the world. He's also blind and has never seen the treasures collected by his estate. Bocelli says he lives to feel the interaction with his audiences which he describes as a giving of mutual love and respect. True, he's no Madonna or U2 who are piove sul bagnato.
I hopefully ease your cynicism a little which seems to be gnawing at you.
Edited for quote build-up.
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