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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (1080)	9/8/1999 10:06:00 AM
From: mark silvers	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6418

Charley, You are right, we should stick to the dictionary definition of honor. That was my whole point. Mike was trying to define honor in the narrowest of terms, my response was to try and show him what happens if we were to use our own "specialized" definitions. From the American Heritage Dictionary Honor- high respect, esteem: Recognition; Distinction: A token or gesture of respect or distinction. Using that definition, honor is certainly something one gets from someone else, IMO. Mark <<apparently my irrefutable logic and rapier-like insightfulness are too much for the estrogen-soaked brain to assimilate.>> does that also include an obvious need to bolster your confidence by <weakly> trying to slam someone else?

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (1080)	9/8/1999 10:10:00 AM
From: MikeH	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6418

The sarcasm is thick today! Which post Charley (number), to me, honor is an amourphous idea, and one that is derived from others, not a single aspect. Actions can be honorable, but people cannot be honorable without doing those actions. For example, A Serjant who jumps on a grenade to save the General did an honorable act. But he may or may not have been an honorable man. Honor also encompasses traits which change with culture. 150 years ago, a plantation owner who wouldn't sell his slaves' children, and instead kept the family togethor was honorable. Today, the same man would be despised, simply because he owns slaves.