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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (50740)	6/13/2002 10:59:59 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

People who need deals and contracts here, or want them, have more of a problem than a deal or contract can solve (imo) Do you mean negotiated, formalized deals or would you included all deals? For example, I expect people here just as in 3D to keep their word. Or to keep a secret if they so promise. That's not to say I would be shocked if they failed to do so, or that I would trust a secret to just anybody, only that it is not inappropriate for me to think less of someone who does not honor his commitments. Or would you call those "deals" silly, too?

To: epicure who wrote (50740)	6/13/2002 11:02:48 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Trying to work out informal agreements isn't so bad, depending upon circumstance. But these are personal, not business, relationships, and cannot be overburdened with rules. Any agreement here is, at best, like an ordinary (not solemn) promise: people generally feel free to break promises when, for example, unexpected exigencies arise that would make fulfillment disproportionately burdensome. Even with a sense that one should make all due effort, no one, for example, will feel he has to take his children to Chuckie Cheese if a crisis arises at work. At most, one may feel obliged to compensate the disappointment. Even that is not necessary, beyond an apology, if it would be unreasonable to reproach someone under the circumstances. For example, one would not expect someone who promised to visit to "make amends" if there were a medical emergency. In general, then, such commitments, though they should carry some moral weight, are contingent and subject to judgment.......