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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (23617)	8/11/2003 10:41:32 PM
From: Investor Clouseau	Respond to of 27672

Typical of the koranics to say one thing to ones face and when your back is turned do another So you stereo-type people into one category? Agree that honesty is a bedrock principle though. Honesty is a bedrock principle in all cultures throughout the world. Though there are many cultural differences among the world’s populations, honesty is a trait held sacred by all of the good citizens of these populations. From the smallest village in rural Africa, to the heart of Beijing or the edge of Seoul, a person who upholds their word is respected, regardless of their nationality, personal wealth or social standing. Even a single act of intentional dishonesty by a national leader or national figure, is an acid that eats at the fabric of a society, and corrodes the tool of diplomacy. When the parasite of mistrust has attached itself to the heart, it inevitably leads to an apathetic selfishness, and also allows wild conspiracy theories to find a home in those that are otherwise sane and logical. This applies to both relations between a nation’s individuals, and relations between the community of nations. Without honesty, diplomacy is always doomed to ultimate failure, because there is no common ground from which lasting agreements can be made. There can be no well-intentioned diplomatic solution that is able to solve an international problem, when the very ground of the solution is constantly shifting beneath one’s feet. IC