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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (59249)	9/20/2002 5:13:20 PM
From: coug	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Hi Foxlette, <<But one thing just piqued my interest.. " Actions speak louder than words".. Well they do.. But: "Words are NOT cheap>> As I agreed, in the above statement.. But my contention is why not go the other 30-40% to make the words "fit the action"..For example. Why say something outrageous and do the opposite.. Since in many cases, that is the only impression, especially initial ones, one can get.. How does a person define integrity? commonly through written or verbal expression from my experience. To turn around that old saying? "Do I as do, Not as I say" is not for me... I TRY "To Do as I say".. It just muddies the water in all relationships, from individual to societal, if one does not.. IMO keeping everyone guessing and off-balance by our primary form of communication does not help in the long run. c

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (59249)	9/20/2002 5:59:22 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

Foxlette, I couldn't agree more that actions speak louder than words. But I am moved to ask you this: Given that what we see here (on SI) are only words, and those words are written by an alias, do those word speak at all? If they do speak, do they speak much less than actions? I ask you this in the context of the controversy that has existed here for many months about whether persons on SI can suffer injury from words. Is the writing of words an "action"? Can it be so regarded? If it can be ... then how do we make the distinction between "words" and "actions" that we started with in your post? When, and under what circumstances, do words written here become "actions"? I believe these questions are important. In the 3-d world, we are capable of words, spoken or written, but we are also capable of actions in the physical sense. Thus the distinction between words and actions is clear. But on SI we are not capable of actions in the physical sense. So the distinction is less clear, if it exists at all. Can you provide an example of an "action" on an SI message board? Any thoughts?