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To: kumar who wrote (51594)10/12/2002 6:43:07 PM
From: Just_Observing  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Re: When you have a choice of getting corrupt money or a starving family, ethics go out the window

Self-sufficient poor people can be very honest since they have no stake in being dishonest. So farmers (who tend to be self-sufficient) may be poor but highly ethical. That's why Gandhi insisted on self-sufficiency.



To: kumar who wrote (51594)10/12/2002 6:58:02 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
When you have a choice of getting corrupt money or a starving family, ethics go out the window.

Maybe, maybe not, but if true, Southerners are no more apt to do so than Northeners, are they?


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