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To: E who wrote (61092)10/4/2002 3:12:15 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
I sure think one would be wisest to choose you.
Amen.

I think Karen would also be a good choice.

That's it.



To: E who wrote (61092)10/4/2002 3:18:22 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
When this discussion started, I looked the various words up in the dictionary, as I typically do. This is the definition of "duty" that I had in mind coming into it, and I said that I considered "duty" more serious than an apology.

<<2 a : obligatory tasks, conduct, service, or functions that arise from one's position (as in life or in a group) b (1) : assigned service or business (2) : active military service (3) : a period of being on duty>>

My association with that word is mostly a function of my civil service career and my husband's military career.

Even the definition that seemed closest to what Neo was describing...

<<3 a : a moral or legal obligation b : the force of moral obligation>>

...seemed more serious than an apology. When I think of duty, I think of professional responsibilities, public health concerns, not apologies.



To: E who wrote (61092)10/7/2002 3:19:45 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
Thanks, E. That is, indeed, all I ever meant by using the word, "doing what one ought". To say that there is there is room for disagreement or error is merely a truism. We should try to err, though, on the side of conscientiousness......