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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pezz who wrote (8166)	10/14/1998 11:04:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13994

pezz, I would suggest all successful civilizations operate from a base of cultural principles. Sociologist Emile Dirkime once said " where morals are sufficient laws are unnecessary, where morals are insufficient laws are unenforceable". Trust enables people to communicate and solve problems, Integrity is one of our cultural morals. Trust and honesty are rooted to our principles. Principles first start at the personal level, leadership which lies, or is hypocritical cannot have trust. You can't have trust from people who are not trustworthy. When values are focused on principles people are in alignment and working together. Change is happening faster than ever, but when people are centered on values and principles, they can deal with any change which comes along. To sacrifice our principles is to break the bond of trust we pledged to our forefathers. In reading many of the federalist papers of late, it's clear that the President was to be a man of a virtuos nature. You are correct to suggest that we haven't always achieved it, however, I can't remember a time when the principles embodied in our leader were so out of alignment with the people's values. Most people are focusing on the legal aspects of this issue, I believe even without the illegalities, he should be impeached because his values are so out of alignment with the peoples. If you had been following this thread for any length of time, you would have seen that I have discussed the other issues in great detail. How can we ever trust this President again? How can we believe he is sending our men and woman into battle for the right reasons? How can we know he believes in a policy or program for the right reasons? How can we believe the shutting down of our government is for the right reasons? How can we know anything! Trust is gone, and trustworthiness with it. It's not enough in a leader to have competence, we must have character along with it. Michael