A Clarification

I mentioned some people aren't aware that they're changing anything, and figured I ought to explain that a bit more.

Consider a sport, like soccer. Your team wins by getting more goals than the other team, so you should have a good offense and defense in place.

But some people cheat, and if you think 'everyone does it' and that 'that's just the way it is', you're pretty much justifying your own cheating.

Now, it may or may not have been true at the time, but if enough people think like that, then the game suddenly does become more about who can cheat and get away with it best, instead of about which team can kick a ball into a goal more often.

If, early on whenever someone first cheated, everyone had acted like the annoyed drivers in an earlier post (i.e. Rolled their eyes and called the cheaters a-holes... And probably maybe try to get proof of cheating, or get in a fight outside the game or something - not that I'm recommending you do so - but refuse to follow the example set by cheaters) then cheating would be a problem, but ultimately wouldn't change the nature of the game.

In case it's not already glaringly obvious, I really hate it when people justify doing something shady because 'everyone does it' or 'they started it'.

There's a reason why the Golden Rule (and Silver Rule) exist, and if you're in doubt about an action just picture what would happen if Every. Body. acted that way. If you don't like the image, don't help make it a reality.

Anyways, that's enough phone posting for today. Given that I'd been in an enclosed space with a planeful of people a few days ago, I am not surprised to discover I've come down with a mild cold. I expect/hope it'll clear up with a good night's rest.