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To: Lane3 who wrote (5272)	11/13/2005 5:52:55 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543149

Frequently failure and criminality walk hand in hand- especially if you define criminality as "lying to people whom you are supposed to tell the truth to"- and of course that's what perjury is, and so very many people do it. Almost no one wants to tell the truth about anything that might lose them face, or money, or a job, or anything. And it isn't just about the criminal penalties, I think it's something we retain from childhood- that scorched Earth policy of admitting nothing, until you are caught. So I think you are wrong. Letting people off the hook just means you'll get more of whatever behavior it was that resulted in the first oopsie- the folks who were in the wrong will breathe a sigh of relief, learn nothing, and go on to sin again.