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To: Big Dog who wrote (80004)	11/25/2000 6:35:07 PM
From: Warpfactor	Respond to of 95453

LOL! It's really getting deep in here!! -Warp

To: Big Dog who wrote (80004)	11/25/2000 9:05:56 PM
From: pls418	Respond to of 95453

Big Dog, Jim P, or anyone else, follow CID. If so I would appreciate your thoughts. Hope everybody had a happy Thanksgiving. Steve

To: Big Dog who wrote (80004)	11/26/2000 12:08:03 PM
From: diana g	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

<<<OT>>> The Code of the West (Specifically <<"...tattle-tale stuff...">>> Hi Big -- I got a kick out of your post. I love the colorful descriptive language! Especially <<"... richer than 6-feet up a bull's ass...">> I wish I could use that myself. But if I said it, folks would turn to each other and say "She couldn't have said what I thought she said." Back to 'The Code...'--- In regard to being a 'tattle tale', I believe the question is more complex than you present it. For instance, if you were driving by your neighbor's house late one night and saw a stranger stealing your neighbor's pick-up truck, would calling your neighbor to tell him make you a 'tattle-tale'? You see what I mean? It's not so simple. ----------------------------------- Of course I'm sure we'd all agree that no one should inform on another who is going about his own business as an autonomous person. Sometimes powerful authoritarian forces wish to intrude into people's lives. To aid them in such actions is truly despicable. Often these authoritarian forces are government agencies enforcing laws and rules that are distasteful to all free people. ---- For example, If we knew that your neighbor was coming across the Mexican border in his truck carrying 10 cases of 'El Presidente' brandy that he needs to embalm his recently deceased horse, I believe we'd agree that to inform the Border Patrol would be, in your words, "...lower than a snakes belly in a wagon rut ..." It is just none of the gvnmnt's business. But on the other hand, if I am driving by a friend's spread and see her billy-goat is working his way thru the fence and near to getting into the neighbor lady's vegetable garden, it would be right for me to call my friend and let her know she needs to go grab that goat by the ear before he gets thru the fence and causes trouble. ------------------- I think the question of how 'The Code of the West' bears on the situation needs to be considered in the light of the stated precedents. the question at hand being--- When a middle aged man is grinning and winking at young women, is it proper to inform his wife? Is this situation a case of-- A) A billy-goat trying to break out of his enclosure to enjoy the succulent munchies outside his fence? ---or is it more like--- B) A man going about his own business trying to embalm his dead horse while avoiding the scrutiny of heavy-handed authority? regards, diana