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To: epicure who wrote (78468)4/19/2000 1:21:00 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
<<- and isn't hypocrisy related to egotism?>> Yes

<<It doesn't take them long to pick up the concept, but it can take forever for them to learn to act on it. >> Forever is a long time but I do know some aging children that may qualify.

Having a double standard only equates to hypocrisy when you are preaching that everyone including your self should live by some rule but you behave as if it doesn't apply to you. My point was that hypocrisy is discerned by all as a "bad" even by the hypocrites. This makes it a common principle across cultures, and time.