Soror those are interesting points.
In your mind, should deception be shunned as much as negative behavior that can be seen outwardly? It is interesting b/c it seems that many in many of our orgs may do things that we are more willing to tolerate because it doesn't come to light. For instance, I recall a man in a BGLO saying once that his fraternity brothers were wrong for not being faithful to their wives but as long as it didn't come to light, like, say alcoholism, it was more accepted because of the fact that it was not apparent and therefore did not *outwardly* cast a negative light on the organization.
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Originally posted by AKA_Monet
We have folks that get "married in reverse, accidently, on purpose"... Have the child first to get the man to marry them... Sometimes it works for them, many times it doesn't... How do we promote a "Healthy Family Mentality" when deceptive practices were implemented to have a family in the first place?
Deception is not general society behavior that leads to good...
But folks do it...
Dr. Joyce Brothers just wrote an article in Parade Magazine about the virtues of having "shame"... That "shame" in and of itself is not neccessarily a bad thing when used appropriately--i.e. not used to denigrate another human being (usually a child) to be submissive to the another's will (usually a parent). Shame used appropriately can be teach children these lessons they need to know right from wrong--at least that is what she says...
And nowadays, what is good behavior? Doing what the authorities tell you? Or what a "Good Book" tells you or ELSE? How do I know what I have done is wrong?
In a completely secular society, devoid of religiousity, how come murder is wrong? How did these capital crime punishment laws develop?
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