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To: Rick who wrote (12724)	3/29/1998 6:44:00 PM
From: Graystone	Respond to of 39621

International Management or True for Everybody <The reason we see hypocrisy and fraud and unreality in others is because they are all in our own hearts.> One of the first things that international managers have to come to grips with is the fact that this is true for every individual, corporation, culture and person everywhere in the world. Our own systems are always preferable from a comfort viewpoint but not always possible. Would you drink while on assignment in a Fundamentalist Islamic country ? I do not mean to question your beliefs or even wether or not it is right, just want to reinforce the truth of what you say. All measurements are relative. Do we pay in beads or gold ?

To: Rick who wrote (12724)	3/29/1998 7:22:00 PM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

The reason we see hypocrisy and fraud and unreality in others is because they are all in our own hearts. (O.Chambers) Well yeah, but it's a matter of frequency and degree. Take your David Koresh, Jim Jones or what have you and think back about twenty or so generations. A charismatic religious figure gets nailed to the cross and his followers are left having to explain how the miracle worker just so happens to be nothing more than a polished philosopher who's run out of tricks or [light comes on] we tell people he meant to do that. Christianity is a historically interesting subject but then so are Islam and Buddhism. The difference here is that it's an industry whose basic premise, the slaughter and the potential for more slaughter notwithstanding, is a healthy one. Sadly, it's also a very dangerous practice to believe in fairy tales as we have seen so often in the past. They can justify everything and anything in the name of their phoney, man-made cause.